When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.

My weight has been an emotional roller-coaster for me, and I am ready to get off it.