“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.”

“Why was man created before woman? Because you always need a rough draft before the final copy.” – Chloe Traeger”

“Somedays you have to write even when you think you're putting out crap. You just need to tell yourself that you'll fix the problems later, and by then, they might not even be "problems" anymore. The challenge of writing a novel has always been to let loose with a beautifully flawed first draft, and to constantly fight belief you're chiseling words in stone each time you type.”

“True love is like bread. It needs the right ingredients, a little heat, and some magic to rise.”

“There’s a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you. - Rolly”

“Throughout human history, countries rise and fall. But not America--we continue to rise and rise, like dough, until Jesus bakes us in the fiery Afterscape of the Rapture.”