Twitter is my happy place. I am not there to overthink 140 characters.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

The designation is useful and necessary and sometimes limiting but it is only limiting to people who think, for example, that African-American literature couldn't possibly be something they could be interested in or relate to. They have limited imaginations, which is sad.

I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but it was still my little attempts at being a storyteller.

I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer.

Books are often far more than just books.

We assume whiteness is the default because whiteness, historically, has been the default. This is one of the many reasons diverse representation matters so much. We need to change the default.