Regular women carry pictures of their babies, their husbands, their summer houses. Fat ladies carry pictures of themselves at their skinniest.

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.

I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life.

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

I like blogs. they're good times.

I think I'm much more comfortable talking about other books than my own!