A Good Novel Doesn't Just Transcend The

She Let Him Go Once. Every Day Demands That She Release Him Over And Over Again.

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 Didn't Start Writing So That I Could More Deeply Know Myself. I Was Bored Of Myself, My Life, My Childhood, My Hometown. I Started Writing As A Way To Know Others, To Get Away From Myself.

I Want To Keep Looking At Ways To Stride Forward With Positivity.

I Always Think I Know The Way A Novel Will Go. I Write Maps On Oversized Art Pads Like The Kind I Carried Around In College When I Was Earnest About Drawing. I Need To Have Some Idea Of The Shape Of The Novel, Where Its Headed, So That I Can Proceed With Confidence. But The Truth Is My Characters Start Doing And Saying Things I Don't Expect.