“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.”

“At its heart, Gothic Fiction is the introvert's "Hero's Journey" where heroes and heroines must navigate the uncharted territory of the mind in order to solve the mystery of their life's adventure.”

“This is uncharted territory for me, but I need to know that at the end of the night, I have you to come home to.”

“A territory is only possessed for a moment in time.”

“It's the form it takes when it comes out the other side, of course, that gives a story something unique--its life. The story, in the way it has arrived at what it is on the page, has been something learned, by dint of the story's challenge and the work that rises to meet it--a process as uncharted for the writer as if it had never been attempted before.”

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”