I Don't Have A Favorite. I Need

I'm A Writer Of Faith. I Was Raised Catholic, And I Have A Deeply Catholic Imagination.

When A Colleague Of Mine Had A Notable New York Times Book, I Said, Turn One Of The Chapters In The Collection Into A Pitch For A Novel And Sell It To Your Publisher.

She Glances Back Before Stepping Into The Alley, And She Catches Her Grandfather Looking At Her The Way He Does Sometimes--as If She's Already Gone, As If He's Practicing Sorrow.

I Want Women Writers To Write Boldly, Wildly, Deeply. I Want Them To Feel Really Liberated To Tell The Brutal Truth, However They See That Truth And Are Moved To Tell It.

You Learn To Exploit Genre For The More Important Things - To My Mind - Like Story, Character, Image, Language.