Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.

Iloved Ashley Hope Perez's heartbreaking Out of Darkness set in late the 1930s in a small town Texas. It should win all the YA awards.

A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.

I started writing a novel from the monster's point of view. It has its own difficulties but, I'm ashamed to say, it's much easier writing from a psychopath's point of view than from that of their empathetic opposite.