Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.