So we [with Kate DiCamillo] decided to give the friends an object and see what they did with it. The object was a sock and it went from there. Once we got going, once we got on a roll, it became very easy to work together and to figure out how to do it. We would meet for two-hour segments, usually from 10-12, two or three times a week. We met all one summer, and I think into the fall.
Alison McGheeI don't think we [with Kate DiCamillo] intended to write a book about friendship, I think we intended to write a book about two friends.
Alison McGheeKate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over.
Alison McGhee