I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.
I always try to write about believable people.
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.