I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.

The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.