After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?

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

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. I find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect ones and enjoy the challenge of making readers root for them in spite of their unsympathetic path and destructive choices. Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.

When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's almost hard for me to let go of my ideas as to the way they look.

I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be called fate, but to me, it is more a matter of faith.