I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through.

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

By sharing an experience, or creating an experience that we all go through where the character survives - though not easily, I always say that it's victory at a price - does give people hope.