I believe I have a gift that others appreciate, but in recent years I've trolled the lake of doubt more than a few times.

I don't really have a method to writing. I've learned lots of techniques, which have been useful, but I seldom pull them out and look at the rule book. I believe that good writing is effective communication.

I started writing because I wanted to read stories that interested me. When I write, I don't see pictures, as some do. I feel emotions, and I try to translate what I feel into pictures, if that makes sense.

I believe that words have the power to heal, to change minds, to inspire, or conversely, to injure, to ex-communicate, and to depress.

When I write, and I am really in the zone, the words don't really come from me, they come through me. That's when I acknowledge that my gift is not of my own, really.

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Can it be I stayed away too long?/
Did I leave your mind when I was gone?/
It's not my thing trying to get back/
But this time let me tell you where I'm at-- Jackson Five