"Learn to separate constructive criticism from negative criticism.  There are going to be people who are never going to like your writing.  Ignore those people."

"[If I could do it again] I would have found YA sooner."

"I'd written women's fiction, chick lit, and historical romance.  Almost every agent I submitted to said, 'Wow, like your voice, but, um, the heroine is kind of ...grouch.'  Then, in 2010, I decided to try writing YA.  Suddenly, my heroines weren't grouch.  They were spunky."