Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.

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 walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.

A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.

I won't read novels while writing novels.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.