Just know He has His hands on You
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.
Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up.
When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn.
When you teach, it's sometimes necessary to consciously not write for a month or two - and then pick a time in the future to sink back in. It makes you less frustrated and more in control. I do best when I give myself breaks and come back hungry.
I think it's probably better to make a region your own, and then maybe you can go somewhere else, but a lot of great writers have stuck to one region.
My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I always remember this and it's true. You have to start each day again-you can't repeat what you did.
Anything that can go wrong, will
In my life the right question is simply this: What can I do to be happy today?
Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin.