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

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

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.

Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.

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.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're talking about really important issues. It's not going to be easy but at least the conversations are happening.