My Mother Was My Greatest Fan.

Books Opened Up A Whole New World To Me. Through Them I Discovered New Ideas, Traveled To New Places, And Met New People. Books Helped Me Learn To Understand Other People And They Taught Me A Lot About Myself. ... Some Books You Never Forget. Some Characters Become Your Friends For Life.

I Hate First Drafts, And It Never Gets Easier. People Always Wonder What Kind Of Superhero Power They'd Like To Have. I Wanted The Ability For Someone To Just Open Up My Brain And Take Out The Entire First Draft And Lay It Down In Front Of Me So I Can Just Focus On The Second, Third And Fourth Drafts.

The Child From 9 To 12 Interests Me Very Much. And So, Those Were The Years That I Like To Write About, When I'm Writing.

I Try To Create New Characters In Each Book I Write. That's What Makes Writing Fun And Interesting For Me.

You've Got To Enjoy Whatever You Can And Forget About The Rest.