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

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

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

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

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.

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.

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