You're girls!' he shouted as if the fact had totally eluded him until then.

The Bagshaws? They didn't know she was a nun!

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.

I am practical by nature, and I'd heard that being a writer or an artist is a good way to starve! So I was an economics major at Oklahoma State, and then received an M.S. from Cornell in Agricultural Resource and Managerial Economics. I knew if I wanted to write I would do it on my own, but I knew I wouldn't make myself study economics on my own.

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.

What are they after?” Kat asked. “Hard to say,” Hale said; again, he eyed the room. “Who is that?” Macey asked. “The reason I wasn’t flirting with you,” Hale told her.

Or maybe crying is like everything else we do- it's best if you don't get caught.