“Are you okay?”

That’s what some people have asked me after reading Love Letters to a House on Fire.

The simple answer to that question? Yeah. But when I was writing some of the things in that book, no.

Love Letters, for the most part, is a fun and quirky collection of short stories, poems, and ransom notes. There’s a lot of humor sprinkled throughout the stories and poems because I love making people laugh. But Love Letters also takes the opportunity to be poignant, introspective, and ...