Back off, boys. You don't want to mess with an out-of-work secretary. We're real testy.

All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck.

... friends are such a mixed blessing.

It was scary how much she sounded like me sometimes. Maybe that's why she totally got on my nerves

Yeah, well, it's been a super fun week. And by 'super fun' I mean 'horrible and endless'.

I could have gone to medical school, I said. Except for all the math and stuff.

I know it's practical for career women, but sneakers with suits? Jesus couldn't possibly weep harder than I did.