“Very few people make it to the end, very few people get published, but even fewer people who want to write a story actually finish. And there’s a lot of regret there. So my, my clarion call to anybody who even brings that up to me is if you start it, do...
“Sometimes we get that push-pull feeling inside of us, or we can feel contracted if something doesn’t feel right, or we can feel spacious if something does. Those are just different ways of being in touch with that love letter, and it is always guiding us...
“I think what makes all of these books good is the sharpness of the mirror. That is, do we see reality in these stories? Do we see enough reality that, it’s recognizable, it’s engrossing, and it interests us. So to me, what makes a great book is a...
