Don't Live To Please Everyone. Embrace Those

When He Worked, He Really Worked. But When He Played, He Really Played.

Children's Reading And Children's Thinking Are The Rock-bottom Base Upon Which This Country Will Rise. Or Not Rise. In These Days Of Tension And Confusion, Writers Are Beginning To Realize That Books For Children Have A Greater Potential For Good Or Evil Than Any Other Form Of Literature On Earth.

Waiting For The Fish To Bite Or Waiting For Wind To Fly A Kite. Or Waiting Around For Friday Night Or Waiting Perhaps For Their Uncle Jake Or A Pot To Boil Or A Better Break Or A String Of Pearls Or A Pair Of Pants Or A Wig With Curls Or Another Chance. Everyone Is Just Waiting.

Writing Simply Means No Dependent Clauses, No Dangling Things, No Flashbacks, And Keeping The Subject Near The Predicate. We Throw In As Many Fresh Words We Can Get Away With. Simple, Short Sentences Don't Always Work. You Have To Do Tricks With Pacing, Alternate Long Sentences With Short, To Keep It Vital And Alive.... Virtually Every Page Is A Cliffhanger--you've Got To Force Them To Turn It."~

It's Opener, Out There, In The Wide, Open Air.