I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.