Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.

Real love finds you once, if you're lucky.

I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.

Then teach me how to not care about someone who was everything to me. All I want is to know she's okay. Is that too much to ask?

Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.

Love is Chocolate The unprocessed kind. Dark. Bitter. But always with the promise of sweet perfection. All it takes is sugar- that certain someone's kiss, flavored with possibility. If Dani has taught me anything, it's that life is brimming with possibilities. Every single day brings choices.

Without Warning Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known, and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you.