We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.

My stories are character driven.

Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.