In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I'll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace.

You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town

...there are people who added goodness to the world and people who lived to destroy it.

You should not complain, it's not attractive.

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.

I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element to the story, the novel will be set in eastern North Carolina, and the characters will be likeable. Then, I make each novel unique through differences in voice, perspective, age and personalities of the characters, and of course, plot.