“I want to be a novelist when I grow up…”

“I want to be a novelist when I grow up…”

I wonder if anyone ever gives that answer when first asked about their aspirations.  I know that wasn’t my answer the first time someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a pop star. I used to carry around a Walkman cassette player...
“And they lived happily ever after…”

“And they lived happily ever after…”

How many stories did we read as children that ended with those six words? I can’t think of any stories from my youth where the bad guy won and everyone suffered his wrath. Ultimately, we all love to see a happy ending, and there’s no ending happier than...