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I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.
I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long.
I want to make books. I want to take pictures and then write all over the pictures. And then I don't have to say a complete story, because I have the picture, and I have just a word.
I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustrate my themes.
My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.
I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'
