Jez had gone from an evil twin to a sweet, even angelic, girl, all in less than a minute.

Okay, so let's run faster.

I'm a big girl, Finn.

I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan.

Lightning crashed on the horizon. A breeze swirled around the Cast Members. The air tasted dusty, almost bitter, with electrical charge.

I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be.

I'm still only half the writer I hope I will be.