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

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 consider my greatest strength my complete and utter faith in a loving God. Strong family values are also important and I do not hesitate to write them into my books. My reader mail tells me this is something that readers especially like about my books.

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.

First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I'm interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It's my kind of storytelling.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

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.