Other people have suggested that I write about teens because I'm perpetually stuck in that stage of my own development. That could very well be true. I would throw out that teens and tweens are just absolutely fabulous and the most interesting people on the planet. And it is a time of high drama, and everything matters.

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.

We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.

You shоuld eat а waffle! Yоu саn't bе sad іf уоu eat а waffle!

Every girl on the planet was familiar to one-last-time e-mail checks.

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.

Hello toes," I say. They're good toes. I like that they're long and slender and not the slightest bit stubby. I wiggle them, ten unstubby waves that say, "And hello to you, Human Host!" Except they're toes. I'm talking to my toes. Maybe I'm not bored... maybe I'm lonely?