Women Are Constantly Underestimated In Our Power,

I Want To Keep Looking At Ways To Stride Forward With Positivity.

I Am Politically Pro-choice, But Personally Pro-life. I Have My Faith But Refuse To Force It On The World At Large - Especially This World, So Brutal And Unjust. I Cannot Make These Wrenching Personal Life And Death Decisions For Others - Nor Do I Believe They Should Be Made By A Church Run By Childless Men.

My Work Is To Know The Characters Intimately And To Tell Their Story.

The Poem Has To Bear The Weight With Image, Language... The Screenplay With Dialogue, Plot.

The Lessons Learned In Journalism Also Apply. Writing For Npr Has Taught Me To Cut A Piece In Half And Then In Half Again - Without Losing The Essence. Apply That To The Swollen Prose Of A Bulky Novel And You Might Reveal A Beautiful Work.