MC: I love detangling necklaces when they get all twisted up from being in someone’s bag.

I think books are very similar to necklaces . . . each word of a well-crafted novel is a bead or jewel that, when chosen carefully and strung in the right order, can create a scene that’s beautiful, or ugly, or so sad, it moves a reader to tears. Writers, like jewelry makers, have the power to create order out of a chaotic universe. I love turning chaos into order.