Girl? He pressed. The name is Riley, she shot back. Learn it. Use it!
I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.
I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.
I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!
When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.
I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the same confidence in my own vision.
Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it. " "Oh.
The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a leader to do that. The definition of strong leadership is to make decisions that are unpopular, but are nevertheless sound.
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.