I read a lot. I devour books almost as readily as I devour meals. I also dream. Every night in technocolor surround-sound. The stories, characters and worlds my mind comes up with blow away most of what I read. I write because I feel like my dreams and ideas are divine inspiration. This is my calling. It’s the only thing I ever did that felt like greatness, that brought joy both to myself and to others. I write to bring order to the chaos of my brain. I write to breath life into my mind people, because darnnit, they’re worth it. If I do nothing else in my life before I die, I’ll have my words to leave behind for my children to be proud of.