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There Are Certainly Times When My Own Everyday Life Seems To Retreat So The Life Of The Story Can Take Me Over. That Is Why A Writer Often Needs Space And Time, So That He Or She Can Abandon Ordinary Life And "live" With The Characters.

Try Not To Become Disappointed If Someone Doesn't Like A Story You've Written. Stick Up For Your Ideas, But Listen To What Other People Say, Too. They Might Have Good Advice.

At The Same Time, I Think Books Create A Sort Of Network In The Reader's Mind, With One Book Reinforcing Another. Some Books Form Relationships. Other Books Stand In Opposition. No Two Writers Or Readers Have The Same Pattern Of Interaction.

I Know Things Are Unbearable But In Spite Of That We Have To Bear Them.

The Novels Take Longer To Write Than The Picture Book Texts, And They Do Take A Different Sort Of Concentration. However, A Very Short, Simple Story That Works Well Is Just As Exciting To Me As Any Longer And More Complex Book.