XXX“I believe that one of your most important jobs as a writer is to be true to yourself, to honor your own notions of what you believe is important to your life and to that of others. If you love history, use it in your work. If you love mystery, do the same. I’m sure you’ve also heard, countless times, ‘Write what you know.’ I would change that to ‘Write what you love.’ The knowledge can be learned; the passion can’t be—it’s either there or it isn’t.”
~Elizabeth Berg, Escaping Into The Open: The Art of Writing True