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I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical... →
As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.
I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.
The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and... →
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for... →
Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.
I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.
It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.
My household is, in a nice way, very busy.
To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.
When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.
Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you... →