9 Things I Know for Sure

• I love children/s literature. It’s the best of the best of writing that’s out there.
• Those who get published are not always the best writers and storytellers.
• I hate to revise. Novel revision or picturebook revision–they are both hard. But it’s the only way I can get a publishable mss.
• One of the best moments in life is when your boat gets past the buoy and you speed up and the wind hits your face. A better moment is when the kid sitting in your lap say, “Read it again.”
• Good revisers are careful about details, even though that level of detail is often boring and tedious.
• Feed kids chocolate cake and ice cream whenever you can because they’ll miss it when they get older.
• Lots of ideas without follow-through equals failure.
• The ALA in NOL, the NCTE in Nashville, the SCBWI in LA, the BEA in NYC. As Vanna White said, “When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off.”
• I write because I love to write. NOT because I love to have written–though that’s nice. NOT because I love to sell–though that’s nice. NOT because I love to see my name in print–though that?s nice. NOT because it?s easy–though I wish it was. I write because I love to write.

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