Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At least that's what I hope.

Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued each other's stories. Hers is a corker: future Masterchef. I chortled. There's not a single dud in Eat the Sky.

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

I continued blogging, but between illness and deadlines, did not manage to blog nearly as much as last year. I'm hoping to do better in 2016.

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

The only reason I've ever had to wear a hat is to avoid skin cancer.

I've never read a book [ Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon] like it before. Big and sprawling with a million points of view, including sea creatures. It's about an alien invasion that starts in Lagos, Nigeria but, really, that's just the starting point.