Dear All, When you’re writing it always pays to heed the words of the great writers of the past. Few writers, in our opinion, give truly meaningful advice about the difficult process of reducing the richness of human experience to words, but we like this piece of advice very much: The writer “must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed–love and honor and pity and pride and sacrifice.” William Faulkner If you’re a writer, no matter what kind of writing you do, Faulkner’s words remain true. Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day. Mike and Kathy