Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

For years I stopped reading beauty magazines because I couldn't look at one without wanting to blow my brains out. How can those women look so good?

My husband once said he'd never met anybody who walked so fast and ran so slowly. As I said, it's a little hard for me to try new things, and this was me facing a fear that I'd had my whole life. Since I had no experience running, I felt like a failure before I'd even begun.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

By the way, food and rent aren't the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.