She Was Pondering The Option

I Grew Up In A Very Small, Close-knit, Southern Baptist Family, Where Everything Was Off-limits. So I Couldn't Wait To Get To College And Have Some Fun. And I Did For The First Two Years. And I Regret A Lot Of It, Because My Grades Were In Terrible Shape.

Every Morning I Wake At 6am Or 6.30am, Champing At The Bit.

So Many Book Sections In Newspapers And Magazines Used To Be Lively And Vibrant Places. Now They Are Gone. You Just Don't See Many Reviews Anymore. I Can't Control That, So I Don't Worry About It. I Just Try To Do What I Do And Write Books That People Find Every Entertaining. I Don't Worry About The Critics.

If You're Gonna Be Stupid You Gotta Be Tough.

In Little Pockets Of Conversation, Old Men Were Telling Stories Of Ancient Floods. Women Were Talking Of About How Much Rain There'd Been In Other Towns -- Paragould, Lepanto, And Manila.