The best I can do.

That’s the aim I have for everything, but especially for writing. My goal is not to be greater than J.K. Rowling, or Stephen King, or any other great writer. But to give it my all, whatever that might look like at any given moment of my writing career. Of course, I hope that one day my best is better than average, but I can only do what I can.

That’s where I feel I’ve gotten with The Price of Pandemonium recently. I have gone over and over and over the manu...