“What shapes us and gives our lives meaning are not the things that happen to us, but their significance. Life lessons, revelations, changes, and growing convictions are what we think of when we ponder who we are.” — Donald Maass Copy Share Image
“When a hot trend turns into a sub-category, new strictures arise along with it. Tropes turn into shortcuts, character paradigms become cardboard cutouts. Publishing… — Donald Maass Copy Share
“What shapes us and gives our lives meaning are not the things that happen to us, but their significance. Life lessons, revelations, changes, and… — Donald Maass Copy Share
“It takes courage to violate expectations, but sometimes the reward is a new level of success.” — Donald Maass Copy Share
“For me, where genre ends and literature begins doesn’t matter. What matters is whether a given novel hits me with high impact. If it… — Donald Maass Copy Share
“What do we mean when we say “meaning”? For our purposes it’s not one thing, a single gem of wisdom. It’s the stream of… — Donald Maass Copy Share
