And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.
Kate DiCamilloA friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way that it is.
Kate DiCamilloWe were 15 minutes into it and nothing was happening; I thought, well, that's not going to work. Then all of a sudden everything clicked. I don't know how long it took us, but I would just show up at Alison's [McGhee] office. She would type and we'd just kick it back and forth. Writing is so scary for me, such a lonely endeavor, and it became a wonderful thing to show up and have somebody else go through it with me. It was actually a wonderful experience.
Kate DiCamillo