I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing up and certainly my grandson and I read Harry Potter together. You write what you can as well as you can.

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

It's so amazing. I mean talk about sexuality changing.

[With "Summer Sisters" the publisher] sent me on a big book tour. And it was the most wonderful professional experience of my life. I mean it was like Kleenex on every table wherever I was, friends patting friends on the back and they'd cry and I'd cry.

The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.