Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

She was getting used to his rhythms and his moods, recognizing the quiet signals that telegraphed who he was. Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever. As she pulled into the driveway, she spotted Logan coming down the steps from the house, and she waved. She was his forever, too—imperfect as she was. Take it or leave it, she thought. She was who she was. As Logan walked toward her, he smiled as if reading her mind and opened his arms.

Love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime.

The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.

And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock.

How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?