Whiteness is not the default in my fiction.

Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.

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

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

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.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth.