But I am happiest of the happiest when I'm crafting the words, when I've gotten the thing down and am trying to make it beautiful.
"I do feel like I'm connecting to traditional female pursuits when I'm crafting," she says, "and Bust really re-fired my interest in knitting a few years ago".
And I'm not sure why". While many people dread the revision process, she relishes it: "But I am happiest of the happiest when I'm crafting the words, when I've gotten the thing down and am trying to make it beautiful.
What's more important is what I left out when I was crafting this persona -- naturally-occurring elements of my grief-stricken self that I understood to be uniquely unacceptable in a young woman: bitterness, resentment, rudeness and anger.
I've also been listening to "Dreamlover" on repeat for the past month as it reminds me of the cassette single I purchased at Camelot Music in fourth grade when I was crafting plans to be a star.
The PFA has been around since the mid-1990s, when it was crafted as a leadership bill during Tom Daschle's stint as Senate minority leader.
I didn't think so much about diversity when I was first crafting the story and the characters.
She added: "When I am not working on art and craft projects I can usually be found outdoors - be that in my garden, or else walking through the beautiful hills of the Snowdonia National Park.
Cleverly riffing on familiar horror movie tropes, Dawson also shows a healthy respect for the Point Horror and Christopher Pike novels that stormed the classroom when I was a teen, crafting a refreshing reboot of the genre for a new generation.
When I'm at a craft show with Mom and she talks to a dad who points to his elementary-age son and says, "She took care of you when you were a baby," and the boy smiles, it's clear.
The yellow shortie coat with the lopsided hem I crafted when I was 12? It made me look like a street waif, and caused my mother to hide her eyes every time I ventured out the door in it.
