All The What-Ifs follows a woman from an abusive marriage who is recently divorced and looks back into her life in an effort to find happiness for her future. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

I have always wondered about the “what-ifs” of life. What if I had done this or that differently? It intrigues me to think that one single decision can alter an entire lifetime. Or can it? Is what meant to be going to find its way to you regardless? The inspiration for this story centers around that concept.

​Mae questions how she ended up where she did and what she can do to pull her life back together after her divorce. Was there anything from your own life that you put into the characters in your novel?

While I have never gone through a divorce, I have encountered instances in which I had to pull my own life together. I found myself wallowing or maybe feeling some self-pity. Although I couldn’t necessarily change the unfortunate circumstances I was in, I realized that I could change my attitude about it. I definitely gave Mae a similar kind of mindset in the later part of the book.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

One theme that is probably quite obvious is simply love. Is love enough? Is there really only “one true love” that a heart desires? And what do you do when the person you love instead loves another? Another theme that was important to me to be able to relay through this story was also self-trust. Mae is very indecisive at times. She questions everything and wants desperately to do the right thing. Through her abusive marriage, her self-trust really breaks down. She shelters a lot of the blame and holds herself accountable for a lot of the problems she faced. However, her journey to healing pushed her outside of her comfort zone and forced her to make some quick decisions — many that she didn’t have time to weigh out the what-if’s to. This gives her the ability to trust herself again.

What is the next book that you are working on, and when will it be available?

The Summers I Had With Her will be available July 2024.

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