Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.

The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.

I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome.