Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job interview.

You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.

Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.

Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.

It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.

Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.