I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.

I decided I would never do interviews again.

I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now that my children have grown up, I'm with my typewriter 20 hours a day.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.