I really only have been seriously writing, finishing things and publishing things since January '91.

I've always been ambidextrous, writing short stories and novels, and I pretty much have been writing a novel and a handful of short stories every year since '91.

One of the nice things about publishing with Amazon is that the window for marketing is much longer than with a traditional publisher because these titles are not coming off of shelves.

Grownups have a tendency to talk themselves out of things, saying it will never work, but kids are fabulously optimistic.

As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.

Those who write may think they know their target market. They may even feel they can shape the work to fit it. If this is true of you, you have more control over your creative process than I do. Even so, I humbly submit that you try letting your writing shape your target market instead and see what happens.