I have no desire to write screenplays-at heart, I'm a novelist. |
I have no desire to write screenplays-at heart, I'm a novelist. |
I have no preference on writing in contemporary or historical periods-that decision is based on the story. |
I have seldom been described as shy. |
I knew I wanted the ending of the story to be poignant and heart-felt, and secondly, because I didn't know if I would be able to do that, since my previous novels hadn't been good enough to publish. If I couldn't do it, I didn't want to waste my time writing the rest of the novel, knowing it would collapse at the end. |
I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. |
I love Bogue Banks, which is an island off the coast in North Carolina. It's a beautiful, if hurricane plagued, area of the country. I own a home there. |
I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. |
I still live in a small town, my wife and children keep me grounded. |
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. |
I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns. |
I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. |
I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels. |
I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. I keep it vague. |
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. |