R. A. Clements is a freelance writer and copyeditor as well as an avid researcher on a quest to learn as much as she can about everything. She has published a variety of news articles, as well as created role-playing game content for tabletop games. Clements' first novel, The Swing Set, is the product of extensive research instigated by a dare. In addition, she publishes poetry and short fiction on a regular basis on her blog. The Swing Set began as homework. Clements' 7th grade daughter was assigned a project to write a story from the point of view of an inanimate object of the teacher's choo...