Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.
I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going to write about racism or puberty or bullying.
The truth will make you odd.
Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands
Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.