We live inside our parents' backstory.

You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D

Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.

Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel at the end of the book - And I try to write toward that feeling.

I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is still in a draft stage and that before it can leave the writer's hands and head to a publisher, it needs about five more revisions. Some people don't want to do that.

I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this.