Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

I don't usually eat breakfast. I prefer to be asleep during the hours that it is served.

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics.