I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage