I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books. I always have put a lot of food and restaurants because I was a waitress and I love to eat.

I feel like Twitter was tailor-made for me, because I can do short spurts all day long. I loved my blog, but doing daily, then thrice weekly entries was really time consuming. 140 characters is perfect.

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.

But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.

As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.

And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn't fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I'd ever jumped at all. It's not supposed to be like this.

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.