It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

Living in a rural town really compelled me to start tweeting so much. Mostly, my Twitter usage is fueled by loneliness. I can go days without talking to another human being unless it's my mother, especially when I'm not teaching or on break.

Sex offers incredible narrative opportunities and so many emotions are tied up in sex. Also, I mean, the erotic is always a fun creative space.

It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

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

I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be.

I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.