Silence

We need silence as writers.

I'm not talking about the silence of a room to work in or a space to work at though that's certainly nice. Some people do need that, too. I'm not one of them. I can work anywhere: in an airport or coffee house or restaurant or hotel room –once driving down I-35 –pretty much anywhere. I prefer the relative silence of my house, but I don't need it.

But I still need silence.

I need to find that place of calm within me. I have to silence all the voices. And there are ...