Writing A Saint From Texas taught me that my vast life experience in many different countries and decades could be captured, at least in part, in a novel.
YOU CAN READ THROUGH YOUR WRITING MANY, MANY TIMES AND TAKE THE ADVICE OF EDITORS AND COPY-EDITORS AND FRIENDS AND THEN GO OVER IT WITH A WET BRUSH (TO MAKE IT SOUND SPONTANEOUS) — AND THEN THROW IT INTO THE WORLD AND SAY TO YOURSELF, “THIS IS THE BEST I CAN DO.”