Many readers share their stories with me and if one speaks to me (or if the same theme keeps coming at me), I will research it and decide if it would make a good book. But, straight down to it, people inspire me.

Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted.

I don't think we'll get caught, but the very possibility is half the fun.

The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.

Only by confronting your demons can you ever hope to conquer them.

Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.

I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use the F word when necessary, but there are words I won't use, mainly because I don't like them. I don't write about body parts when I write about sex. It's not about the physiological, it's more important for teens to read about the emotional aspects. I do think there are times when self-censorship is important.