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

Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.

Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.

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

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 didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway