Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.

I write small and weird. Romcoms are not in my skill set.

I'm glad that as a 33-year-old working mother, I can still choose to wear a Hello Kitty T-shirt or stay up late scrolling through the Twitter feed of my junior-high crush.

My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.

I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.