Books are often far more than just books.

I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

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.

Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.

I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.

When I'm editing my work, I'm looking for everything to fit, to feel seamless, for every detail or line of dialogue or scene to feel necessary and organic. I approach the writing of others in much the same way while always working to preserve the writer's voice. To allow myself to be vulnerable on the page, I tell myself no one is going to read my work. There's no way I could put myself out there otherwise.

Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.