The only mink coats I'd ever seen were on TV or in movies. When I read Danielle's vision, I realized that most of the women in the world are much more familiar with my reality than with hers. I strongly believe that everyone, rich and poor, every color and creed, every age and sexual preference, every level of physical attractiveness can fall in love. People like me do fall in love. And that love between decent hardworking folks who care about community and family is at least as interesting as the private life of Marla and the Donald.
Ideas are like UV rays.
I'm bombarded constantly. Everything that I read or see, every person I meet, sparks some sort of potential plot. Often these little sparks grow into full length novels and occasionally the germinated seed cut by some clever copy editor in New York. I look at my stories like a road map. I'm going, say from Chicago to Minneapolis.