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Leilani smiles. I'm surprised she knows how. For a second i'm certain she's isn't like Rosa

I don't think that now: half of everything is something, not nothing. Lots of somethings

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

I love blogging, even though apparently it's still dying, and hate it when I have too much going on to do so regularly.

That was what magic was: greed. Magic wielders didn't wield magic; it wielded them

The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.

She promised to be good. She wasn't.

Why did you push her ?' Rosa screams again. I realise she's pointing at me.

I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At least that's what I hope.

'Expect the best, but prepare for the worst.' I'm good at the first part, crap at the second.

I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing.

Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful!

I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.

Lungs, they do not like to be messed with. I give pneumonia one star and that's for the silent p.

I travel way too much to have any pets. But if I could have one, I'd want a quokka. They're basically small kangaroos native to Western Australia.

He didn't mean to corner me, but when you're as tall and wide as he is and I'm as little as I am, merely standing beside me constitutes menacement.

Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!

The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.

He's a vampire. I added. You know. In case Ty thought he was a really convincing vamposeur.

Iloved Ashley Hope Perez's heartbreaking Out of Darkness set in late the 1930s in a small town Texas. It should win all the YA awards.

They're calling being black a look? How progressive of them.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

I'm almost back to being able to write as much as six hours a day .

Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.

If you are causing trouble, look for allies, always.

I discovered the writing of Kirsty Eagar and was blown away. Everyone needs to read her now.

Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates.

A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

I spent the year behind on deadlines and everything else. It's only now in December that I feel even slightly caught up. 2016 has to be better.

Rosa is pushing all the buttons.

The only reason I've ever had to wear a hat is to avoid skin cancer.

Sure, Malcolm Turnbull is less anti-science and anti-culture than [Tony] Abbott, but low bar, and there's not a lot to show for it beyond rhetoric.

Danders Anders squealed with joy. The most malodorous sound in the world.

I tell her I don't have a broken heart. It's still beating, the blood still moves around my body; it only aches when I remember to breathe.

We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.

When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written.

Who's the bigger liar?
Me or them?
Isn't lying about love the worst lie? Isn't that worse than anything I've ever done?

Her eyelids fluttered. "Francis," she murmured.
"Cathy," he murmured back.
"Heathcliff," muttered Kit, as he set about making sandwiches.

My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

We are all made of broken glass. The school grinds along on grief and anger.

My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.

I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication.

All the male faces in the room turned to me as if they were flowers and I the sun.

I'm sure other writers have no difficulties writing nice.

I love that everyone's into sports, that no one even talks about loving it 'cause it's too obvious. It's the air we breathe.

I continued blogging, but between illness and deadlines, did not manage to blog nearly as much as last year. I'm hoping to do better in 2016.