Doesn't Every Kid Want To

The Media Tends To Portray The Teenage World As One Where Drinking And Sex Is Taken For Granted. In Fact, I Think Most Teenagers Don't Drink, Are Unsure Of Themselves, And Feel Awkward Around Members Of The Opposite Sex.

You Have Only One Life, Make The Most Of It

I Write In The Mornings, Two Or Three Hours Every Day, And Then At Least Four Times A Week I Play In A Duplicate Game At A Bridge Club. I Try To Go To Tournaments Three, Four, Or Five Times A Year.

I Never Think Of An Entire Book At Once. I Always Just Start With A Very Small Idea. In 'holes,' I Just Began With The Setting; A Juvenile Correctional Facility Located In The Texas Desert. Then I Slowly Make Up The Story, And Rewrite It Several Times, And Each Time I Rewrite It, I Get New Ideas, And Change The Old Ideas Around.

Not Everyone Is As Nice As Us.