I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.
You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process.

