Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.

Our love is our burden.

I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my identity, and I still have my faith, if not my Church.

It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled to the floor, but we knew we'd die or, worse, survive only to suffer radiation and slow death.