In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.
While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.
I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.
I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.
I'm always looking for a story of survival.
Heroism in a bad cause.
I started writing to save my life.
I once saved someone from drowning.
I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving.