And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.

The heat of the bread burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life.

Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.

I try to catch flies in cups and put them outside. After I wrote 'The Underland Chronicles'... well, once you start naming cockroaches, you lose your edge.

Sadly, only something like 10 to 12 percent of people are able to recover from a weight regain. The people who do manage to turn it around catch it quickly, even with just two pounds regained.

Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.