New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God.
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.
There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably