Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.
“It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.”
“Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.”