Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.

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.

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

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