Being A Shy Child, I Always Longed

Life Was Neither Something You Defended By Hiding Nor Surrendered Calmly On Other People's Terms, But Something You Lived Bravely, Out In The Open, And That If You Had To Lose It, You Should Lose It On Your Own Terms.

I Hope To Be A Good Role Model For My Daughters.

I'm Just Melancholy By Nature, And A Lot Of That Gets Into My Writing.

Sometimes Family Members Will Ask To Be Kept Out Of Certain Things That I'm Writing, And I Try To Respect That. I'd Much Rather Have Relatives Than A Book.

I Very Much Love A Physical Book Myself. I Think People Who Have Had This Experience Of Also Seeing A Book Come Together, From Sitting Down And Writing The First Word, To Holding The Binding In Your Hand, We Have A Deeper Sentimental Attachment To It Than Others Might.