As I work on my new book, Matriarch, I'd like to share something on the matter of inspiration. There's a few people that inspired me, not only, to write this book, but also inspired some of the subject matter I chose. I'll circle back to that at another time, though. What I really wanted to touch on here is something that inspired me personally as I undertook this journey. I had recently read the book As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. I was so taken by the story, that I found myself going down a bit of a rabbit hole about it. In doing so, I came across a quote from Faulkner pertaining to the book. Faulkner stated, "I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first words, I knew what the last word would be…. Before I began I said, I am going to write a book by which, at a pinch, I can stand or fall if I never touch ink again.” I immediately adopted it as my motto for Matriarch. It has been a driving force every step of the way. More to come.