I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.
If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.
I believe in communication books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.
Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places.
However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.
The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.