It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.

I don't speak fluent bumpkin.

I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about your kids. They want to hear about the upcoming books, writing advice, conventions..."

The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.

The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.