I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

i want to make it official, i want to make it forever

I don't break up, I trade up

But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.