People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.

I live in the middle of nowhere and I'm an insomniac. I just make the time and I read and write really fast so that makes a lot possible for me. I wish I had an explanation for it. I'm grateful for it.

I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I'm right. I am just trying - trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.

Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.

If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.

I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean.

Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're talking about really important issues. It's not going to be easy but at least the conversations are happening.