I Grew Up Hearing Words Like Snakeroot,

There Are So Many People Who Don't Know Small Towns Exist. When I Write, I Want To Give My Readers Two Things: One Is A Sense Of Consolation, And Two, I Want To Make Them Laugh.

I Learned Not To Be So Bitterly Defeated When My Fiction Took A Beating From Editors. I Learned In Advertising To Color In The Lines And Have My Work Done On Time And To Make It The Very Best It Could Be.

My Life Is Extremely Full And Wretchedly Busy, And I Feel That While My Life Drains Energy From My Work, My Work In Turn Drains Energy From My Life. The Result Is, I Am Always Playing Catch-up Spiritually. That Is My Thorn.

Love Is An Endless Act Of Forgiveness.

Food Is A Great Way Of Communicating.