Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.

Thus went my first Court Day.
I think I'm going to puke.

I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No – no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop]

I'm saying my rosary every day.