Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

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.

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

There are things that happen that change the course of people's lives, but it's a function of everybody's lives.

What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?

Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile.