There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

Easter is never deserved.