Carmen didn't like change, and she certainly didn't like endings.
Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.
It was wrong. But it was worth it.
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.
But it was smell that carried memory.
To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.