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.

Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you'll find them

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

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 studied literature design and fashion design.

...there were no guarantees in life, only promises and whispers.

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.