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

I love blogging, even though apparently it's still dying, and hate it when I have too much going on to do so regularly.

I discovered the writing of Kirsty Eagar and was blown away. Everyone needs to read her now.

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful!

I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication.

I re-read The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter. It's a book every one should read, particularly Americans, as the USA is her primary focus. Her book demonstrates that white is not universal, that white is not neutral, that it has a history, which she eloquently delineates. It's not often you finish a book understanding how the world operates better than before you read it.