I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story...and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo

I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.

Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again.

A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.

What happens in the past, is in the past. But don't be surprised if it comes back and haunts you.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.