COLLEEN HOOVER

With the advancement in e-reading technology, I was curious if it were possible for readers to be able to hear the actual songs while reading the book. I contacted Amazon and discussed the idea with their Kindle team, and they were very enthusiastic about it.

When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.

As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform my readers. I simply write to entertain them.

Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.

I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.

When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, 'Oh, I can go with this.' I didn't do an outline. I didn't do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going.

Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man.

Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

Understanding a situation doesn't always make it easier

It's amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

Laugh a lot. Never go a day without laughing at least once.

Find a balance between head and heart.

Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Unfortunately, it's also one of the hardest things in the world to hold on to, and one of the easiest things to throw away.

If words could break souls, my words just broke his in two.

I need one of those chapter breaks. I just want to catch my breath, but I have no idea how.

I look at my reflection in the mirror and I see a girl who desperately wants to forgive a boy, but not without a hell of a lot of grovelling first.

If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.

Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers.

I got schooled this year by a boy. A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. And he taught me the most important thing of all... To put the emphasis On life.

Imperfections define perfection

Keep an open mind; it's the only way new things can get in.

I wonder if it's possible for people to fall in love with a person one characteristic at a time, or if you fall for the entire person at once.

It's not a confession if no one reads it. It's just an unshared secret.