Barbara Delinsky
Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.
I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.
As I plotted 'Blueprints,' I realized that ageism against women is most obvious in the field of entertainment - and that I needed a TV show in my book.
Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.
Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
I'm not convinced that abstinence-only education works.
Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.Collection: Choices
Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.Collection: Life
Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.Collection: Deer
I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.Collection: Disappointment
You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.Collection: Kids
If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.Collection: Want
I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.Collection: Attention
What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.Collection: Mom
Is it harder to dream about what you don’t have, than to live in fear of losing what you do?Collection: Romance
Every man wants love, if he can get past the fear of exposure.Collection: Romance
Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.Collection: Romance
Being friends is different from being lovers. It’s a sea change.Collection: Romance
It feels like forever, like he’s lived through the same things as me, like our lives ran parallel for years until last week, when they finally intersected and fused.Collection: Romance