I'm so glad that social media gives me a chance to do that, to celebrate books I love and help proselytize for books I love.

Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.

I was lucky to receive help at the beginning of my career and now I want to help other writers as much as I can.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.

When you get everything you wanted, I think maybe you do have to be a little grateful for the people who got you there... whether or not they thought they were doing you any favors at the time.