Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?

Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer.

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~

If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.