I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!

I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer.

[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).

Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back and forth on that question.

I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!

When Ivy [Wilkes] begins her work in forgery, she doesn't yet know the toll that it will take on her own original work. She even thinks it might be a way to find inspiration. By the time she realizes that she has lost her own voice, she is thoroughly entangled in the forgery mess.

Finally, I found a wonderful agent who wanted to work with me, and she sent it to one billion publishers and received one billion rejections, until I was fortunate enough to be matched up with the Permanent Press.