My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

I was wowed by Margo Jefferson's memoir, Negroland, which is about growing up black and privileged in Chicago in the fifties and sixties. It was a window into an alien world. Obviously, I'm not black, but what was really alien to me was her family's focus on respectability. I was never taught when to wear white gloves, what length skirt is appropriate.

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

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

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.

Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.

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