I am the kind of woman who loves hurricanes. They put me in a party mood. Make me want to eat oysters on the half shell, and act slutty.

we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds.

the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words evoke pictures and something altogether new is created, something different from the limits of my own skills and imagination. Something that is a marriage between your heart, mind, and body - and mine.

What they don't know is that I went over the edge years ago, and lived to tell the tale.

When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.