Dad was, is, and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I've ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colorful, and less full of laughter in his absence.
I didn't really grow up in the spotlight.
I can imagine Dad joking about how hard it'd be to get an actor to give back when it's hard enough to ask them to give a good performance.
More than anything, I wanted to be Aragorn in 'Lord of the Rings,' and I wanted to be Lirael in the 'Sabriel' trilogy. The only way I was ever going to get to do that was act, so I tried.
I'm not one of these new supermodel girls on Instagram in bikinis. I'm different, but that's okay.
To say the 'Save My Soul' video means a lot to me would be an understatement of stupendous proportions.
For me it's easy to continue remembering someone that is impossible to forget.
Social media is really not for conversations. There are people that you can meet and talk to on it, but it was not created for that. People wanted things that were soap boxes, where they could say what they wanted, and they don't have to respond to anyone else.
Probably the most important thing in terms of just trying to navigate and moving forward into adulthood is staying busy.
I think a lot of people are worried about being alone. I completely understand that. I really do. Being alone is terrifying, especially when you've lost people.
Every teenager, I think, thinks it's the end of the world whenever anything happens, and it's not. You'll get through it. Life will be much more interesting and will certainly be broader when you're older.
I've always enjoyed gaming, but even as I got older, and I started to get deeper into writing and all this stuff that is my grown-up job, I couldn't play as much as I used to.
Hummingbirds are fun and flighty and strange. It's hard to keep them in one place, and Dad was a bit like that.
I'm not a girly girl. I never have been.
I had a shaved head for six years.
I watch every horror film that comes out in theatres. I watch every horror film that's on Netflix.
Whether by my own volition or otherwise, I was given a year-and-a-half break after Dad passed. It was kind of like an elephant in the room, and everyone was giving me space, whether I wanted it or not.
I was always comfortable with my sexuality.
If you have things that make you sad, express them to other people.
Avoiding fear, sadness, or anger is not the same thing as being happy.
