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I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

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Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

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I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

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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.

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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.

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There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

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I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.

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I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

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This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege.

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My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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