Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.

I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back.

I grew up in a household of women, they ran the show, they kept it all together. I credit my ability to write in female voices, as well as male, with having grown up with older sisters in a neighborhood largely populated by girls.

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.