The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for the slaves rations.

Everybody knows I'm impatient. I don't have to apologize for it. I'm too old for that.

They are who we thought they were!

It's pretty easy to think of the idea of a story, and maybe even to write a scene or two, but understanding the ebb and flow of a narrative, where to leave the little clues your protagonist (and reader) need, while playing fair, takes a lot more skill and patience than you might think.

Being pro-life doesn't save babies, acting pro-life does.

Babies are saved when Christians show up.