I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college.

Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.

You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!

Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it..." She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. "Have we all gone mad to want this?

Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

I go where the lizards tell me.