If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies..

If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to it..

I am sorry the only outlet for her troubled mind was in clumsy foreplay with an inadequate partner." He threw the rest of her sandwich at the swingin….

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you..

One minute she acts like she wants to be with me and I'm the one rejecting her. The next, she's got this barbed wire fence and barking dogs around he….

No one's place in this world is guaranteed. Not everyone is going to get a happy ending. But life isn't about how it ends. It's about the moments bet….

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel..

I'm sorry I'm not more cultured. I'll watch PBS. And cut people open for fun. Will that be better? Will you be less embarrassed to be my fledgling th….

Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire..

The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity..

It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up..

Because Melissa McCarthy actually is a fat woman, she isnt allowed to make brash statements about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body..

Writers generally get into writing because they want to write, not because they want to be independent publishers, and you can't really fault someone….

As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposabl….

I couldn't take much more of this. Being the object two men competed for wasn't as glamorous as it sounded in the movies. The two men who both wanted….

Movies like 'The Interview' and 'Team America: World Police' don't often show the realities of life in North Korea and the human rights violations pe….

Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences..

Its far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat..

Let the meek have the kingdom of heaven. The strong shall rule on earth..

Well, I always did want to go out in a Braveheart kind of way. I'll just have to think of something cool to yell before they cut my head off..

The attitude of, I will never self-publish, coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option..