Even good girls have secrets, ones even their best friends must guess.

In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them. As adults we want to believe things like sex abuse or drug use are not happening anymore, or happening less and less, but that's not the case and we need to acknowledge that. We can't make life prettier for youth, but we can arm them.

She's incredible, not that she's perfect. But you once said imperfections create character.

Don't Stop ...down, ...Down there ...down where ...monsters, ...Run!

...Things happened when you were little. Things you don't remember now, and don't want to. But they need to escape, need to worm their way out of that dark place in your brain where you keep them stashed.

But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liable for my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions

Then I said it. He said it too. I love you. And everything that went before meant nothing.