Writing Across Genres Has Made

While I Was In College Becoming A Good Catholic I Was Also Becoming A Writer - One Haunted By Catholicism.

I Feel Too Much. It's Like Being Drummed To Death From Within. You Know?

I Was Born In The Era Of The Novel. I've Written Many, As Well As Collections Of Poetry, And Essays For Mouthing Off. I've Written To Inches, Word-counts, Page-counts, Even The Sonnet And The Screenplay (which I Call A Plot Poem). I Write Narrative. That's It. I Just Want To Tell It.

The Generation Of Women Who Came Before Us Did Much Of Our Shouting. They Laid The Groundwork And Now We Can Be Calm And Constant And Steady.

I Am Politically Pro-choice, But Personally Pro-life. I Have My Faith But Refuse To Force It On The World At Large - Especially This World, So Brutal And Unjust. I Cannot Make These Wrenching Personal Life And Death Decisions For Others - Nor Do I Believe They Should Be Made By A Church Run By Childless Men.