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Writing is organizing the world in the classical Enlightenment way - systematic descriptions through language; ordering, re-ordering and dissecting the internal and external, the objects and their rel

On starting too late-a list of people's ages when they had their first novels published. Harriet Doerr – 74 Mary Wesley - 71 Laura Wilder - 65 Robert Waller – ...

James Patterson writes slasher thrillers and safe teen adventures. Stephen King, Clive Barker, and even Ed Lee have books for kids. A question of being confident enough to swing it.

Also, 'splatterpunk' and 'tortureporn'. Yah, horror. But add some symbolism somewhere or a philosophical quote, to make it easier for publishers to be able to explain to themselves that it's ...