Here's a news flash--writers are selfish people. Truth is, creative types like me are driven by one impulse--to make up a world in which we get to control everything and everyone. We decide who enters and who exits, what the… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“He’d been our center, the glue that held us together and gave us purpose.” — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“I'm not quite sure which scout troop Heath belonged to, but it certainly wasn't the "I will totally honor my previous promise of no… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
Now death is death! and yet is not one death Another death? Stabbing is not the same As shooting! Would you say a strangled… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“I’d even had business cards made up reading, ABIGAIL COOPER, P.I. with teeny-weeny little letters underneath in parentheses spelling out PSYCHIC INTUITIVE. Most people… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“Deep down it still really bothered me, but I tried not to let it show.” — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“To add insult to injury, at that moment Cathy and a group of her friends walked by. “Ewwww,” they said collectively as we sopped… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present? — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“When I walk the halls of my high school those smudges are a constant reminder that death is a mere squint away.” — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“I miss you when you’re not around,’ he said. ‘I can’t sleep when you’re not next to me, and I worry a lot about… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
“I was like a whirlpool of tragedy, and anybody who dared to get too close to me could get sucked in and drown. Like… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
That's also part of having great editors -- they can sort of be honest with you and say, "I see where you're headed with this, but I don't think it's there yet. Dig deeper, babe, and come back with something more." And that's what you do, you dig waaaaaaaay down and you walk around the block eight million times and… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share
