Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!

I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.

My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few.

My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make the transition from verbally telling stories to writing them. You'll note I don't dwell on descriptions in my writing, because I'm far more interested in telling the story. There are many better writers in this world, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate about stories than I am.

Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.