The Danger Would Be Going Back, Or

Every Year The Literary Press Praises Dozens If Not Hundreds Of Novels To The Skies, Asserting Explicitly Or Implicitly That These Books Will Probably Not Be Suffering Water Damage In The Basements Of Their Authors' Houses 20 Years From Now. But Historically, Anyway, That's Not The Way The Novelistic Ecology Works.

How Often Have I Met And Disliked Writers Whose Books I Love; And Conversely, Hated The Books And Then Wound Up Liking The Writer? Too Often.

I Recognize That On Paper, You Can't Really Tell That I'm A Fan Or A Nerd.

You Don’t Learn About Yourself By Being Alone, You Learn About Yourself From Other People.

I Love Playing With The Conventions Of Fantasy, And Breaking Rules, And Crossing Lines.