She is an award-winning author whose book, Cowboys Are My Weakness , was a runaway hit, at least in terms of short story collections. Houston was so taken with Parvin's story that she became his champion. Pam carried my story around like an orphan that needed a home. She showed it to a publisher, Chronicle Books, and they called me up. It was a smart answer.
Most people are in a tremendous rush to get published.
But I knew that there was something about that story. Roy and Maggie in front of his writing studio. I heard it like a song in my head. But when I wrote it down I couldn't reproduce what I had heard. I kept on trying and getting closer and closer to what the story was.