“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the…

“Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And…

“I think the future of Storytelling is: You think of some good characters and you have them do some cool stuff that you can relate…

“…the biggest barrier to releasing quality material is probably impatience. You have a work that feels pretty good; you’re exhausted; you want to move on;…

“…be yourself when you write. You will stand out as a real person among the robots.” William Zinsser in his book On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary…