I'm Aware That Not All

I Like To Go To Bed Early.

I Didn't Go To Latin America Thinking, 'i'm Gonna Write A Book. This Is What I'm Gonna Do.' I Went There To Work For Unicef And To Learn.

I Hope To Continue To Be An Activist For Kids And Teenagers And Especially Girls Who Are Living With Hiv/aids, Because All Over The World, People Don't Have The Same Rights That We Do In The United States.

I Think I've Become More Like My Mom Just Because Of What We're Both Interested In, Children And Teaching And Writing.

Writers Know - Especially New Writers - [that] A Lot Of It [creative Process] Is The Prewriting Stage, The Talking, Brainstorming, The Narrative Arc And The Character Sketches.