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I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.

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I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.

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My books are so tame!

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I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.

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Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.

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When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The guys I liked were quirky and different: They listened to music I'd never heard of, never had lunch or gas money, and could always make you laugh.

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You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.

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I don't live in New York or California. I'm in the grocery store, at the park with my kids, and I'm a normal person. I'm feeding my chickens and agonizing about my next book!

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I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will be a totally different person tomorrow,' but it never worked.

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I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went through a period where I was close with my mom and had to break with her in order to find myself and come back. Since that was my experience, that's often what happens in my books.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 6th, 1970

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