When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself.

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel.

I sit in my little office and I feel like I've got all my readers staring at me.

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