I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
“Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.”
“Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.”