Hi, Guys!

Two years and one day ago, on my 21st birthday, my little sister Emma, as a present for me, drew me the coolest sketches of a bunch of the characters in my book,Trash Can Days: A Middle School Saga.At the time, my novel was basically just a second draft–waaay far removed from publication–and so those drawings were the first real, actual glimpse I got into my story’s potential as something that wouldn’t just be living inside my brain for eternity.

Now, 732 days later, and with my book...