Maybe the past is supposed to fade-and that's actually a kindness of human memory.
Writing a novel is a lot like reading one.
If you feel lucky, then you are.
Sometimes there is no way to hold your life together. Sometimes things just have to fall apart.
I like to write about people who are real and likeable. I like to write about people who tell their stories in that close and intimate voice we use with best friends. I love the closeness and honesty and vulnerability that come from characters who can talk that way.
We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.