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

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.

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.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.

I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough.