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Wednesday, 20 August 2025

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MISSING GHOST - an interview with Michele Pariza Wacek


Welcome, Michele!  What prompted you to first start writing? What was the first thing you wrote?

I taught myself to read when I was three years old because I wanted to write stories so badly. Honestly I can’t remember the first thing I wrote. My earliest memory is before I could read or write, I would “tell” my stories by drawing dreadful little pictures, and the pictures would prompt me so I could verbally explain my stories to my parents. That method used to frustrate the heck out of me, because I knew I wasn’t telling the story the same way each time, which is why I was so driven to learn to read and write.


 

Can you summarise your latest work in just a few words?

 

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ghost is Book 3 of The Redemption Detective Agency, which is a romcom cozy mystery series. Emily and the rest of the gang at the Redemption Detective Agency are trying to help an elderly widow from losing her home, and in the process they must locate a missing ghost.

 


Sounds fascinating!  What was the inspiration for this book?

 

The inspiration for the book is similar to the inspiration for the whole series. I wanted to try my hand writing a light, funny, romance-heavy cozy mystery. My other cozy mystery series, The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries (The Redemption Detective Agency is a spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries) is a much more mystery-forward series. While it still has the small town, quirky characters, pets, tea/baking and humor of a cozy, the mysteries are far twistier. By contrast, this is a much lighter series with far more emphasis on the humor and romance. 


 

Did you do any research for the book?

 

Not really, other than to make sure I’m not too far off with the facts. It takes place in the 1990s, so I will check to make sure it fits the time frame.


 

How do you decide on the names for your characters?

 

The characters more or less tell me. If the character doesn’t outright tell me, I go to one of those baby name sites, and mess around trying out names until the character tells me that’s the one.

 

 

Do you plot your novels in advance, or allow them to develop as you write?

 

I’m more of a develop-them-as-you-write kind of gal, although I do need rough outlines to at least get me started.

 

 

Now the book is published and ‘out there’ how do you feel?

 

It’s always a mix of excitement and relief to release a book. It’s also good to celebrate publication days as well. I think sometimes as authors we don’t stop and celebrate the milestones more, and it’s important to do that.

 

 

Is there a message for the reader?

 

If you’re looking for a light, fun and funny book to brighten your day, I hope you give The Redemption Detective Agency a try.

 


Do you have any advice for new writers?

 

Write a lot and read a lot (which I know is the same advice Stephen King gave, but as he is the master it’s probably a good idea to listen to him). Also if you want to be a published author, then be a published author. Hit Publish on your book. Don’t be like me and keep procrastinating the way I did. I believe there’s no mistake you can’t come back from, you just need to do it.

 

 

What can we expect from you in the future?

 

I’m going to be writing a Christmas crossover cozy mystery. It’s two novellas, one from The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries and the second from The Redemption Detective Agency, and they both take place during the same Christmas season. That will be out in November, 2025.



More about Michele:

A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she so badly wanted to write stories. It took some time (and some detours) but now she does spend much of her time writing stories. Mystery stories, to be exact. They're clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix.

Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and currently lives there after spending nearly 30 years living in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona, with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

When she's not writing, she's usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she's an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she's not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr PW is in charge of the cooking.)

 

More about The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ghost:

Emily Hildebrandt is learning to settle into some of the very strange cases that come through The Redemption Detective Agency’s door.

Like Aunt Tilde’s friend Ruth who claims she’s lost a ghost.

How does one lose a ghost? Apparently when the ghost decides to walk out the door.

But, to make matters more complicated, it’s not just any ghost but the ghost of Ruth’s dead husband. Who was murdered decades ago under very suspicious circumstances.

Emily has no choice but to go back in time and figure out what really happened to Ruth’s husband, in order for everyone to rest in peace.

 

Links:

Website: MPWNovels.com

Book link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJ7WTMS2

Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/michelepw

 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/michelepw

Facebook: https://facebook.com/michelepwauthor

Instagram: https://instagram.com/themichelepw

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichelePW


Huge thanks to Bittersweet Book Tours for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour.

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

SECRETS UNDERGROUND - an interview with Jenna Maeson

My blog guest today is Jenna Maeson, who is here to talk about her latest book, Secrets Underground.


Welcome, Jenna!  What prompted you to first start writing? What was the first thing you wrote?

I've been telling stories to myself for as long as I can remember.  

I like to say I've been writing stories since before I could write words. At about four, I would draw stacks of pictures and give them to my mom, then I would dictate a story to her about them and she would write them down.  I've always loved stories and had an active imagination.  I learned to print my name legibly when I was four because I wanted a library card so badly.  And I know from kindergarten on I would tell people I wanted to be an author when I grew up.


Can you summarise your latest work in just a few words?

Small town secrets, pets, and quirky locals.

My main character, Olivia Morgan, takes on a new mystery with her canine sidekick Elmer, this time uncovering some hidden tunnels under a rich architect's estate, and uncovering town lore that some locals would like to keep hidden.


What was the inspiration for this book?

Good question.  Most of my books don't have inspiration so much as a random thought that pops up.  Or I see something somewhere and my brain starts spinning with the what-ifs.  I think I had seen something about a secret society somewhere, and this book spun out from that.


Did you do any research for the book?

Not really.  I like to write things I don't have to do much research for, which is why I have avoided anything police procedural or medical, even though I love the topics.


How do you decide on the names for your characters?

 

A lot of the time I use online name generators if I’m stuck. Or just whatever pops into my head first. Elmer got his name because I was thinking of how my dogs are glued to me wherever I go, then I thought of Elmer’s glue, and that’s that.

 


 

Do you plot your novels in advance, or allow them to develop as you write?

A bit of both, actually. I try to have a basic outline so I can kind of keep track of where I’m going and what needs to happen between the beginning and then end. But ideas usually expand and wander as I write.

 


 

Now the book is published and ‘out there how do you feel?

I always feel relieved when a book gets published. That i actually finished it on time. Then i get nervous to see how people react to it. And go through the usual spiral of self-doubt wondering if its good enough.

 

 


Is there a message for the reader?

Not from the book exactly but from me in general - all of my books are written to give people an escape from the day-to-day of our crazy world. I give you the opportunity to stay within our reality but in a cleaner version - probably the one we’d all prefer to live in. My only goal is to make people laugh and make them wonder what if.

 


 

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Just do it. It seems silly but just write the book. Write the story that is in your heart. Publish it or don’t, but get it out. With the publishing world as it is right now, everyone has a chance for their story to be seen. Perfection is not a real thing.  Don’t strive for it, or you won’t do anything.

 


 

What can we expect from you in the future?

I have a fourth book in my current series coming out in mid-October and I have a non-cozy mystery - let’s call it a speculative rom-com - that I will be sending out on query early in 2026.  


Here is the link for my Amazon author page, which has buy links for all of my books: 

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jenna-Maeson/author/B0DXRQCWWP

 



Thanks to Bittersweet Book Tours for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour.             

Thursday, 24 July 2025

TANGLED MAGIC - an interview with Stefanie Santone

Today my blog guest is the author Stefanie Santone, who is here to tell us about her new book Tangled Magic.



Welcome, Stefanie!  What prompted you to first start writing?  What was the first thing you wrote? 

I've been telling stories to myself for as long as I can remember.  The first thing I ever sat down to write was an awful, awful Star Wars rip-off.  I remember writing some of it on a yellow pad of paper, coming up with some character names, and then getting embarrassed and shoving it in my closet.  At some point I'm pretty sure my younger self wanted to burn it, but I have settled with it being long, long gone. 

As for what prompted me?  I'm not sure I'll ever know.  When I say I woke up at 13 and wanted to be a writer, it's not a joke - that's exactly how it happened. 


Can you summarise your latest work in just a few words?

Supernatural detectives and shenanigans with a lot of danger.  And gods.


What was the inspiration for this book?

One day it was pretty chaotic at the bookstore I worked at, and the phone kept ringing.  It was a frustrating day, and after a while I had the urge to answer the phone and be funny and possibly inappropriate.  I don't know where "Goddesses, Inc." came from, which is the detective agency in my book, but I do know that it went from me doing it to a character, and eventually the idea became: Goddesses, Inc.  And the receptionist does not want to help.


Did you do any research for the book?

More than I planned!  To start with I was researching everything from Viking-era ships and clothing to Norse mythology.  Then I also had to learn more about my home state of Arizona, which allowed me to discover a lot more than I ever knew possible about my home.  Hopefully more of those discoveries will make it into future books!


How do you decide on the names for your characters?

It depends on the character.  Some of them I have fun with because, well, maybe the family they're in is kinda nuts and the names are slightly punny.  When I was picking Charlie's name I had their introductory scene written in such a way that their name had to be masculine, even if they might not end up being.  It doesn't make sense now, and a lot has changed since that first scene of theirs.  Now, Charlie is Charlie, for better or worse!

Other names were more or less picked for me when this began to come together with the Norse gods and goddesses.


Do you plot your novels in advance, or allow them to develop as you write?

A little of both.  I always have an outline.  My outline for my next book is almost 10K words!  But I never tie myself to it because sometimes things come out while you're writing that you don't expect.  I have to allow myself that freedom to explore what can just come out of writing without restrictions.


Now the book is published and "out there", how do you feel?

More or less?  Relieved!  Ecstatic!  Hopeful!  But also still terrified.


Is there a message for the reader?

I wrote with mental health in mind, and it's a theme in the book.  That not everyone is what they seem.  There are also other things; I think it's impossible to write a story and not weave messages and themes throughout, but what those are is often an interpretation of the reader.  It doesn't matter what I say; they'll find their own meaning in it.


Do you have any advice for new writers?

Never. Stop. Writing.

Also, your work will never be perfect; you'll never deliver a perfect product to your audience.  Whether it's a typo, or a character quirk you wish you had added, nothing is perfect - and if you expect it to be, you will never publish.  Let go of that and write without hesitation.   


What can we expect from you in the future?

More books, and hopefully more series, are to come!  I've been writing most of my life, and I don't plan on stopping now.


More about Tangled Magic:

What could possibly be worse than death?  After all, Ragnarök has already happened.

Wild pixies in churches and bargaining with my soul probably weren't what my parents pictured when I told them about my new job.  And that was just Day One!

Here I am at Goddesses, Inc. - a perfectly normal PI agency.  Except it's run by literal goddesses.

That's right - I'm a (reborn) goddess.  Pretty sure, anyway.  Maybe?

And these wild cases are my responsibility.  Unfortunately, there's something causing those fae pest control issues and the overflow just got deadly.  Something is drowning swimmers days after they've left Oak Creek.  Can Goddesses, Inc. get to the bottom of the mysteries before more people, or even a probably goddess, die?


More about Stefanie:

Stefanie Santone woke up at the age of 13 and decided to be a writer.  For some reason, she thought a Literature BA looked less pretentious on paper than a Creative Writing one (which she got at Arizona State, so did she really need to worry?).  She puts it to good use at her home in Mesa, Arizona, where she spends much of her time (not) writing.  When her editor isn't whipping her into top form, one can find her reading, journaling, or playing Dungeons & Dragons while sipping coffee day or night.           

shop.stefaniesantone.com

books2read.com/tangledmagic
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1769400 (50% off until 31 July 2025)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F8GTQYC8                               

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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

THE PIED PIPER OF LIMERICK

When I first started this blog, way back in April 2013, its original purpose was as a poetry blog for National Poetry Writing Month.  Its content has varied quite a lot in the intervening years, but every now and again it feels appropriate to bring it back to its roots.  And today is one such occasion.  

Fans of the English poet Robert Browning may recognise the blog's title as a nod to his nostalgic poem Home Thoughts From Abroad, but he is perhaps best known for his long narrative poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin.  This cautionary tale about the consequences of betrayal is said to be based on real events, which (according to Browning) allegedly took place "on the twenty-second of July thirteen hundred and seventy-six" in a small town in what is now northern Germany.

Postcard "Gruss aus Hameln", featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902

Much has been written about the Pied Piper story elsewhere, and I'm not going to repeat it all here, but I've included some links at the end of this post for anyone who'd like to find out more. Instead, I'm offering you my own light-hearted tribute to this enduring classic.


THE PIED PIPER OF LIMERICK

 

A town in a faraway nation

had a terrible rat infestation,

about which the mayor

appeared not to care,

to the townspeople's rage and frustration.

 

The plague had become so acute

that the townsfolk were quite resolute:

"We must do something here!"

Then who should appear

but a man in a weird coloured suit.

 

"I see you've a problem," said he.

"Now listen: if I guarantee

to dispose of your rats,

give me one thousand crowns.  That's

my fee."  Said the mayor, "I agree."

 

The stranger, with fingers a-quiver,

piped a tune which made all people shiver.

But the hypnotic air

made the rats leave their lair

and leap to their deaths in the river.

 

Oh, great was the joy in the town!

Then the piper said "My thousand crowns?"

When the mayor, looking shifty,

just offered him fifty,

the piper's smile turned to a frown.

 

He glared, strode out into the square,

and, raising his pipe in the air,

played another refrain.

The town's children came

and followed him - heaven knows where.

 

The mayor's desperate pleas were in vain,

for the children were ne'er seen again.

So the lesson inferred

is "You must keep your word"

and to think otherwise is insane!




The full text of Browning's poem, together with a detailed analysis, can be found here.  There is also a very informative article on Wikipedia.


An excellent stop-motion animation performance of the poem can be seen here.




Thursday, 30 January 2025

THE GIRL IN THE VAN - an interview with Helen Matthews

Today I'm delighted to welcome back to the blog my friend, fellow-author and all-round lovely person Helen Matthews.  I first worked with Helen as editor of the original edition of her amazing novel The Girl in the Van when it was published by Darkstroke Books in 2022.  I'm delighted to say that the novel has now been republished by Bloodhound Books, which I hope will bring the story to a whole new audience.

Welcome, Helen!



Thanks so much, Sue, for hosting me on your blog to celebrate the re-release of The Girl in the Van with Bloodhound Books on 30th January. It feels a bit like a sliding doors moment because this book originally came out in 2022 and you interviewed me back then. I’m proud to say that the first edition of this novel won first prize in the suspense and thriller genre category in the Pageturner Book Award 2022. Some of my answers to your interview questions remain broadly the same – others might have altered slightly as the passage of time changes us, our books and our readers.

 

Here goes: 


Interview questions

 

What prompted you to first start writing? What was the first thing you wrote?

 

There’s a quote I especially like from a well-known author. Apparently, someone asked him:

 

I want to be an author when I grow up, am I insane?

To which he’s reported to have replied:  Growing up is highly over-rated. Just be an author.

 

I’m someone who has achieved my author dream after serving a ridiculously long apprenticeship. Many of us say we’ve been writing from the moment we picked up a pen, and I’m one of them. In childhood, I had some successes in competitions and had fillers published in teen magazines, such as Jackie which some readers may remember. Then I went on to study English at Liverpool University and was  overwhelmed by reading the works of great literary masters for three years. When we finished our final exam my friend and I went to the Oxfam shop and stocked up on ‘trashy’ novels and read little else for a few years.

 

In the early days of my business career, I used to write late at night, when my children were in bed, with a glass of wine by my side. In those days, I wrote mainly short stories that were judged ‘too dark for our readers’ by the magazine editors I submitted to.

 

As the family’s main breadwinner I continued working full-time after my children were born, in a career that used the analytical side of my brain but left the creative side to fester. I sensed my writing was deteriorating – impacted by turgid quasi-legal and financial business-speak I had to use in reports and documents. The creative spark left me. Writing fiction was hard, so I began dabbling in freelance journalism and had some articles published in family and lifestyle magazines. Ironically, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before the internet expected content for free, even hobbyists like me were well-paid, typically £70-£200 per article. I was once paid as much as £1,000 for a single piece in a professional magazine. My highlight was having pieces published in The Guardian and a couple of columns broadcast on BBC Radio in a programme called Home Truths, which was presented by the late and lovely John Peel. I vividly remember the excitement of going up to Broadcasting House in London to record my pieces.

 

During those wilderness years, I wrote a couple of deeply-flawed novels and put them in a drawer. Finally, when my children were heading for university, I decided I’d never be happy if I stayed on the treadmill of my well-paid career. So I fled corporate life, putting our family finances at risk, and went back to university to do an MA in Creative Writing. I want to make it clear that you absolutely don’t have to do an MA, or any qualification, to become a novelist. I did it because I needed to make a clean break from the business world and rediscover my creativity. For my dissertation, I wrote another novel. It can’t have been too terrible because I did pass my MA, but I knew it wasn’t good enough so it went into the drawer with the others.

 

My breakthrough novel was After Leaving the Village, which has recently been republished by Bloodhound Books as Girl Out of Sight. It won first prize in the novel competition at Winchester Writers’ Festival, and I spent two years querying. Five agents requested the full manuscript; many gave positive personalised feedback but didn’t make an offer. In the end I signed a deal with a small indie publisher and the book came out in 2017. 

 

It’s been a long journey to becoming a four-times-published author, but I’m still an apprentice and definitely haven’t grown up. 

 

Can you summarise your latest work in just a few words?

 

The strapline does quite a good job: A haunted mother, a missing girl, a lethal game of deception. 

 

One of the problems with writing suspense is trying to entice the right readers in without giving too much away.




 

What was the inspiration for this book?

 

Inspiration for each novel comes in different ways. It could be a snatch of overheard conversation, an incident that happened to someone else, or a random ‘what if?’ idea. For this book, the inspiration arrived in visual form. I had an image of a frightened girl, who turned into Miriana, hiding in the back of a campervan. The mental picture was so vivid it felt as if she’d tapped me on the arm and asked me to tell her story. Immediately I wanted to know what that story was. Why was she hiding? What had happened to her? And how was this stranger linked to the central character, Laura? 

 

What’s your writing process? Did you do any research for the book?

 

Authors are often asked, "Are you a plotter or a pantser?"  Due to my long years in management, my planning skills are over-developed so I’m about seventy percent plotter, twenty per cent pantser, and the other ten per cent is just generally confused. 

 

My starting point for a novel is a broad plot outline and some ideas about my main characters. I do some initial research, then write a few chapters to test out whether the characters will live and breathe on the page. Not all stories have legs, and some plots fizzle out. Once I’m confident an idea will work, I get stuck into more extensive research. For The Girl in the Van, I had to research, among other things, an aspect of modern slavery known as "county lines", where young people are lured by criminal gangs into transporting drugs from cities into rural areas. I’m an ambassador for the anti-slavery charity Unseen, so I’m lucky to have access to their materials and resources. I can also ask my contacts in the charity questions about anything I’m not sure of. Although this isn’t a police procedural novel, there’s quite a bit of police activity in this book and for that I used the services of Graham Bartlett, a former senior police officer who offers a consultancy service to authors.

 

As I’m originally from Wales and many scenes in the book are set in Cardiff, Penarth and Tenby, this was a great excuse to return to some fabulous places to research the book and take photos to illustrate future blogs. 

 

What does a typical writing day involve for you?

 

Alongside writing fiction, I’m an occasional freelance copywriter though I’m turning down most commissions just now – mainly because the agencies and contacts I work with want me to do project management as well as the writing and this sucks up too much time. Self-employment is a joy. If you meet deadlines, you can work whenever and wherever you please. Unless I have a conference call or Zoom meeting, I set my alarm for a very civilised 8.15 am. My lovely husband, an early riser, brings me a cup of tea. If he forgets, I might send him a WhatsApp message: "Tea, please." I once sent the "Tea, please" message, in error, to my daughter’s partner – presumably, the last person I’d messaged the night before. This caused some consternation as they live half an hour’s drive away and the tea would have been cold before it reached me. 

 

Enough confessions. You probably think I’m slothful, but this working-from-home life became the norm for many of us in lockdown. I shovel down a bowl of cereal and I can be at my computer soon after nine.

 

I wish I could devote my whole working day to novel-writing, but the demands of social media, writing newsletter and blog content and searching out new promotional opportunities take time. I do talks for book clubs and women’s groups, often travelling a round trip of 100 miles on a dark cold winter evening. Occasionally I’m invited to library events or literary festivals. All of these I really enjoy, but they need planning and can be expensive in terms of time. For example, last summer I went to Yorkshire to run a Writing Flash Fiction workshop as a favour for a friend who was organising a summer school. I probably spent more than a day writing my materials for the workshop and piloting it with a writing group near to me. Then I spent a day travelling north, ran the session the next morning and drove home in the afternoon. I think I sold around six books at the event.

 

On a more typical day, once I’ve cleared the business end of my inbox, I’m back to work on my novel-in-progress. Late morning I take Homer, our rescue dog, out for a short walk then have a fifteen-minute lunch break. I write through the afternoon with Homer snoozing at my feet. Around four, he’ll start pestering me for another walk and we’ll go for a long one. I’m trying to average three miles a day to get a proper break from the keyboard.

 

In the evenings I’m often out. I belong to two book clubs and a choir, or I might meet friends or family for a film or a meal. If I’m in, I might carry on writing until 10 pm then watch the News and maybe a film, or read, do a Sudoku or Wordle, or try to keep up my Duolingo streak. I’m rarely in bed before twelve-thirty. 

 

Writing can be solitary but I take days off when I need to. You can never spend too much time with fellow-writers. I belong to three critique groups. I call them my Hotel California – you can go there, but you can never leave.

 

Which writers have influenced your own writing?


Two authors at the literary end of my psychological suspense genre whom I hugely admire are Louise Doughty (Platform Seven and Appletree Yard) and Emma Donoghue (Room).  I would love to write like them, but my books aren't written with literary prizes in mind.  I'm targeting high-end commercial/book club crossover, and I think I've got this right as book clubs do read my novels.


In psychological suspense and thrillers I enjoy Lisa Jewell (The Family Upstairs), Gillian McAllister (How to Disappear), Clare Mackintosh (I Let You Go), Louise Candlish (Our House) and Katharine Johnson (The Suspects).  The list is endless.


Does your new book have a message for the reader?


I've already mentioned the modern slavery "county lines" theme in the book.  


This is the second time I've written about human trafficking, and I've become dedicated to the anti-slavery cause and raising awareness of this heinous crime. Once lured into "county lines" gangs, it can be very hard for victims to break free.  Recent survey research shows public awareness of this crime is lower than of other forms of human trafficking and slavery.  Sometimes parents don't realise their own child is involved because they don't spot the signs.  So as well as writing a gripping page-turner, I wanted to bring the plight of these young people to wider attention.


Like other forms of exploitation, county lines starts with a pernicious form of grooming: victims are befriended, given gifts and offered alcohol and drugs. This month, the UK news agenda has been dominated by calls for a Public Enquiry into gangs of older men - often British men of Pakistani origin - who exploited young girls in towns including Rotherham, Rochdale and Oldham from as far back as the 1990s.  As authors and readers, it's easy for us to feel overwhelmed by the plight of these vulnerable young people.  These crimes often take place in plain sight, so if we can raise awareness through our books there's a chance that readers who see something suspicious will report it to the police and help a potential victim.  Reports can be made to the police or to the Modern Slavery helpline on 08000 121 700.


But don't ever get personally involved.  These gangs are ruthless.

 

 

Do you have any advice for new writers?

 

·      Find your writer tribe. Writing can be lonely, so writers’ groups – local ones that meet in person and online groups on Facebook – can give us the support we need. 

 

·      You don’t have to write what you know. Draw on it, by all means, but give your imagination a free rein to be creative. Books would be very boring if we only wrote about our own lives.

 

·      Read, read, read! Sounds obvious, doesn’t it, especially if you’ve been a reader all your life. But I’ve been surprised to learn (from a friend who lectures on a creative writing degree course) that many of her writing students don’t read! I once heard a quote (and I’ve searched online but can’t find who said it) something like:

 

If you have the arrogance to write, have the humility to read.

 

I think that just about sums it up. We’re nothing without readers.

 

You can buy The Girl in the Van at https://geni.us/GirlinTheVan