When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?
A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...
May you always see the world through the eyes of a child.
We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.
A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...
A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat at a time. It's the same for a writer ...
At this stage of my life, I've finally come to realize I've learned more from my children than they ever learned from me.
I miss those childish days of long ago, when one day was as long as twenty are now ...