Since I self-published my last novel, my inbox has developed a strange new habit. Two or three times a week, a stranger writes to tell me my book moved them. They use words like captivating and unforgettable. One recently informed me that my story had “the kind of vivid imagery […]

When I was young, my mother would sometimes be driving me to school and suddenly forget where she was supposed to be going. She’d simply keep driving.It wasn’t that she didn’t know where she was or how to drive. She’d just become so absorbed in the routine of driving that, […]