I love your bracelet!’ I said to the brunette next to me, because, while most girls are onto the whole stranger-with-candy thing, the strangers-with-compliments strategy is still remarkably effective.

Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.

Crouched on the roof between BEx and Liz, I wasn't a girl who had just broken up with her boyfriend; I looked at my watch and check my gear instead of crying. I had a mission objective and not a broken heart.

And that's how the Peacock saved the Chameleon

Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.

I think the canary left some feathers in there after you ate it.

Across the room, Hale smiled slightly. 'We can draw you a diagram if you need it.' 'No thanks,' Nick said. 'I think I've got everyone but you.