I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.

Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.