Month: April 2018

We have all experienced pain. It’s a natural part of being human. Pain is a tool for growth, a tool for understanding ourselves and the world around us. When we are children, we learn not to touch hot ovens because of the pain of being burnt. When we’re teenagers we learn how to act, out…

Six years ago today, I started writing a novel. I was fourteen years old, and it was the third novel I went on to complete — the first that wasn’t shockingly bad. Six years later I’m rewriting it. What’s this book about? When people ask what my novel is about, my usual response is “Ehhhhhhh.”…