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I just write the books that I think I would want to read.
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.
I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.
I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.
I try to write catchy hooks but, at the same time, things that mean something that will provoke thought.
Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.
I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight.
I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.
