Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.

I'm an optimist and my heroines seem to be that way, too. It's too much work to be cynical and distrusting. That doesn't mean I create perfect stories and perfect people, however. What this means is that my stories are resolved in a manner that leaves the reader with a feeling of hope and happy expectation . . . and wanting to reach for another one of my books.

I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time - I married.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle