An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.

Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted.

Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing.

I really believe that fiction functions best when stories are allowed to develop in an organic way, so I didn't set out to deliver a specific message.

We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.