Writing, like any art form, gives substance to our feelings. Art is emotion made solid. Whether a painting, a song or a story, we feel through art. Art is the purest way to express our feelings with each other whether it's screaming along to a chorus in the car or crying in the dark during a movie. We live through the art of each other. When I was writing Jom the Light Wielder, I was in a bad space. I had fallen in love with the wrong man and my heart was in pieces. My instin

The night was humid and the air thick, as heavy as my thoughts. I stepped outside, escaping our claustrophobic apartment, preferring the bugs to the silence. The trees that lined the backyard fence waved in the light of the single bulb above the door, taunting me with a breeze only they could feel. Sighing, I found a smoothish patch of grass and sat. Closing my eyes, I concentrated on the sweat on my forearms, imagining the salty liquid was actually cooling me down instead of