Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.

I always try to write about believable people.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

I'm astonished by my success.

Like a small animal burrowing into its hole, I shift furniture around, and back myself into a cozy corner, with my back to the wall...and then I can write.

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.

If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance