We are human beings, not ants..

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?.

The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day..

I smoked for many years like a total idiot..

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers..

I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it..

Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book..

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese..

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food..

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend..

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be..

My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book via iPhone..

I had always loved life on the road. It was just something that appealed to me very deeply..

I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go ba….

Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge..

Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn..

Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't ….