Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.

My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.

Kids should read whatever they want to read. So I'm hoping that just like 15-year-olds read "Summer Sisters," I'm hoping that they'll read this.