Here's the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.

She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

On Sunday, something washed up on shore.

I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because of their affirming focus on the power of love to heal wounds and transform lives.

Writing is a struggle no matter what the genre.