Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.
Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.
Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?
The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time.
Reese, honey, victims are victims when they remain quiet. They gain power when they speak out.
[Discipline] It’s the ability to overcome the urge to grab the bright and shiny and interesting to finish what you’ve started.
For each rule of thumb, there is something that breaks that rule.