Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.

When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.

The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.