They say that love is always blind and that explains so much, young lovers always seem so prone to use their sense of touch.

The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers with a vision and wonder of the world and themselves that may be new to them or reveal something already familiar in new and enlightening ways.

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're a writer.

I write poems for children to help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world and to look at their lives from the inside out. I write humorous poems to tickle the funny bone of their imaginations.