Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.
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.
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.
We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.