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By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.

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One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words in your books, don't you?' No doubt he had overheard my mother, who often tells people who ask about my work: 'Well, you'll never find her books in the Christian bookstore.'

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It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The more silence given to this or that topic, the more power.

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I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again how you got here?' Oh, right, an angel of God placed you into the bill of the stork.

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Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

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I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.

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The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on the page. All the worries about where the material may have sprung from or what so-and-so might think can be dealt with later.

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I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.

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I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

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For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 7th, 1958

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