All I Need Is A Keyboard. Adventures in writing, reading, and nerd life. Is anybody still out there? May 31, 2013. Talk about a déjà vu experience. I am still alive, in case I was worrying anybody. How have you been, and .

Jaded, sarcastic, and superior. No, Aloha, this is NOT tumblr.

Think what you will about that.

It has been less than a week since I began it. Aah! I just want to read it.

The Saints and Their Dogs. Is out at last! The first few chapters. It hit the New York Times Bestseller. List its first week out! Thanks, everyone, for reading, enjoying, and spreading the word. Winner of the 2013 YALSA Morris Award for Best YA Debut Novel.

I have a new blog! Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Unedited posts are so fun. This obnoxious rainbow colour scheme seems so distant. Part of me misses it. In keeping with the trippy colours of this ill-chosen background. The notes she sings match up with her line transformations. Saturday, January 28, 2012. To make things entirely clear.

The more-or-less daily life and musings of an aspiring chocoholic, book-loving young writer. Prolonged Exposure to Lack in Writing Drove Her Insane. I avoided it for months. I told myself I would log onto this very blog and write something, anything. A little horrifying, actually. What on earth could make me stop something I loved so suddenly? It did feel like insanity, at first.

Monday, June 17, 2013. Personal Parallels in my Stories.