I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.