Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out of the Pacific surf to journalism school in North Carolina and through the complex challenges and unexpected joys of a cross-cultural marriage and family. This book is a powerfully personal account of the courage and hard work necessary to open one's heart and keep it that way.

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story.

How strange it was that a dream, once realized, could quickly turn mundane.

I think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating yourself up.

Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.