Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and co….

Readers will share in the environs of the author and her characters, be taken into the hardship of a pitiless place and emerge on the other side — wi….

Is not Justice just a nice way to say revenge..

Melissa Pritchard's prose, that darkly lyrical firmament, is brightened by the dizzy luminous arrangement of her stars and satellites, her great gift….

Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm crea….

Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery. Writing fic….

If the book is finished—published and on the shelf—I do not think of revising it. But if I'm not finished psychologically with characters, they will ….

You own a dog with the knowledge that it will move through the stages of existence in fast forward, providing you with a lesson about your own life p….

There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to..