The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!

What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.