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" Authors make stuff up. Let's not pretend it's any more magical than that. "

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" As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that while other kids cultivated hobbies like skateboarding or playing the piano, I sat at home scribbling in notebooks. "

" Watching the progression and backlash against feminism even since 1970 will give you a serious case of whiplash. "

" Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it like you would a piece of pottery or a stone sculpture, chipping away the parts that don't make sense, smoothing over the rough edges. "

" I'm a naturally lazy person, and I live for a challenge. "

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" Know that you're gonna screw up, and be OK with it, and do better next time. "

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" Half the world is full of women, but it's rare to hear a narrative that doesn't speak of women as the people who have things done to them instead of the people who do things. More often, women are talked about as a man's daughter. A man's wife. "

" People interest me a lot: why we are kind, why we are cruel, how we learn the difference, what makes us act in ways contrary to those we've been socialized with. "

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" I write for free online out of love, passion, and often, rage. "