About the Author Inspiration I understand that many writers find ideas by people watching. It's sort of the reverse for me. I try to imagine the image they might have of me, and it fascinates me that I can influence their perception by not limiting myself to normal conduct. I dislike but respect the recreational gossip, who can shape different realities about me when I'm not around, granting me new life in a way.
Malicious gossips are a different vermin entirely.
How like rats they are, stealing bits of your sustenance away while you sleep. You'd like to poison them, but they'd crawl up in your walls and stink. Early Me I grew up in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Our house was a remodelled army barracks, but it had indoor plumbing, a step up from my parents' West Virginia childhoods. We had a dirt inclined driveway off of a dirt road.