I just have to let the story go the way it needs to go and let them take the detours they want to take, and I'll get to the end.

Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story.

The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.

There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.