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Since the late 19th century, the median age of first marriage for women had fluctuated between 20 and 22. This had been the shape, pattern and definition of female life. ”
I love comics. Comics are something I've always wanted to do. ”
Probably because I really love this bookmaking and storytelling world, I'd been thinking for years about the possibility of becoming a literary agent. ”
Part of the job of a children's author is to write books that will be remembered, definitely, but if I might go out on a limb, I will say that the other part, the more important part, is to build books that will help children fall in love with reading. That, to me, is the real job. ”
I'm a total fangirl for Nancy Meyers. I love all her movies - 'Something's Gotta Give,' 'Father of the Bride,' 'The Parent Trap,' etc. I also love Woody Allen - 'Annie Hall' and 'Manhattan' are my favorites. ”
Some of these love stories can be destructive as examples of what it means to really love. To think that someone is your one and only, that you're fated to be with this person, is a really powerful, sexy fantasy - but it is a fantasy, at least in part. ”
It's devastating when that happens, when someone just ups and leaves for no reason, but love does sometimes go wrong. ”
I love anything by Deb Caletti. She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I love Ally Carter as well. ”
Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into a book. ”
No love story ends or begins out of accordance with how it needs to go. ”