Suicide

"What is forgiveness?" asked the teacher. A little girl answered, "It's the wonderful fragrance that a flower makes when it has been crushed." My daughter's suicide taught me forgiveness, whether I was ready to learn it or not.

These days, a big part of any author's job is the sales and marketing of their book. Not only do you have to pen an interesting and relevant literary work of art, but you also have to peddle it on social media sites, and pitch it to media vendors such as radio, magazines, and TV. In short, you have to be willing to sell yourself.