My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.

Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.