I think the online space can be a free space, in that we are not reliant online on the publishing industry or readers who just don't get it.

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing is wonderful!

With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.

I think genius can have a lot to do with nerve. And permission.

People are depressed for many reasons, one of which I think is how we have been taught to react to trauma, to stress.

I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if the main character is perceived as unlikeable, or too privileged.

The hope in literature is that we are allowed to be imperfect, to write of our imperfection, without being overly critiqued for being unlikeable.