The first two chapters of any first draft generally need to be cut.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

Are you looking for something real in this world of illusions? Call me. Casual Flings need not apply. I am looking for Love.

All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day.

As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's a tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, 'In case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes'.

At the end of 'Illusions,' readers should see the inevitable coming.

If the time comes and your dream doesn't seem worth it, then maybe it was the wrong dream.