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I Have Always Been Amazed Guys Read My Books And Seem To Enjoy Them. Because I've Raised Boys, I Like To Think I Can Get Inside A Guy's Mind. I Try And Make The Boys Talk Like Guys, Sound Like Guys And React Like Guys.

Hanging Out The Window, Amber Blew Her A Kiss. A Lump The Size Of A Fist Clogged Heather's Throat, While A Breeze From Th Sea Pushed Her Thick Hair Away From Her Face. Tears Trickled Unchecked Down Her Cheeks.

I Wrote The Book Don't Die, My Love As I Was Going Through Radiation, So It Certainly Has An Air Of Authenticity About It Because I Was There. I Think All Of My Books Took On Kind Of A Deeper Tone When The Lady Who Wrote About Cancer All Of A Sudden Had Cancer. I'm Doing Well. I Went Through It All And They Said, 'you're Fine."

By Using Novels, I Show Ordinary Kids Confronting And Overcoming Great Odds.

What Really Grabs Me Is When A Reader Writes To Express Her Personal Story And How A Book Helped Her Situation, Or Her Acceptance Of A Situation She Can't Change. I Read Some Sad Cases In My Snail And Electronic Mail. I Respond To All I Can, Affirming That They Are The True Heroes Of Life Because They Are Fighting Through Adversity And Surviving.