If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.