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.

Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?

Anger is easier than forgiveness.

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.

I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more.

Forever has no meaning when you're living in the moment. I wasn't ready for that moment to end.