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

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.

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

Books are often far more than just books.

I am mortified by my music choices.

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.