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I Got Sick When I Was 19, And I'd Been A Really Healthy 19-year-old, So I Don't Have A Lot To Compare It To. Does It Feel Like The Pain After You Give Birth? I Don't Know

Honestly, I Expected To Get A Cold Reception Because Of My Subject Matter. But When Editors Took A Look At The Story I Had To Tell, And Saw That This Was Not A Parochial Story At All, They Really Warmed To It

I Was 8 Years Old When I Went Across The Street From My House To A Fair, And They Always Had A Used Book Sale. For A Quarter I Bought A Book Called 'come On Seabiscuit.' I Loved That Book. It Stayed With Me All Those Years

My Illness Is Excruciating And Difficult To Cope With. It Takes Over Your Entire Life And Causes More Suffering Than I Can Describe.

Having A Lot Of People Suddenly Depending On Me To Get The Job Done Was A Marvelous Motivator. The Book And Movie Deals Seemed To Flip A Switch In My Head, And Off I Went