If you are around my age (32), John Hughes probably had an impact on your life.  He died today. Since my book is from the view of a sixteen year-old, I had to think a lot about what it was like to be sixteen, and honestly, that wasn’t always a happy place to go back [...]

In a gas station in Oklahoma I saw this doll: Saw this one in Arkansas.  So disturbing. Not even a doll… a scrub brush.  Ugh.

Got to go to Oklahoma for the day …not OKC, but Tulsa.  Still, the moment I crossed through Siloam Springs and saw the Welcome to Oklahoma sign, I felt a a deep sense of calm I haven’t felt in a long time.   Emily (See Emo Goes Postal) says the moment she steps of the [...]