Growing up, we had folk records.

Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.

Songs come from all over the place. You can't predict what you're going to like. You might like something that doesn't fit right now. What was working for you at one point, something you've loved for years and years, when you get together with everybody, you think, this doesn't match up with what's going on with you personally.

My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.

I got married when I was a first-year medical student and my husband was pursuing Nephrology in the same college.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship than a good marriage.

My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.