Read A Lot, Live Your Life, And

I Wondered About Mrs. Winterbottom And What She Meant About Living A Tiny Life. If She Didn't Like All That Baking And Cleaning And Jumping Up To Get Bottles Of Nail Polish Remover And Sewing Hems, Why Did She Do It? Why Didn't She Tell Them To Do Some Of The Things Themselves? Maybe She Was Afraid There Would Be Nothing Left For Her To Do. There Would Be No Need For Her And She Would Become Invisible And No One Would Notice.

Sometimes When You Are Trying Not To Think About Something It Keeps Popping Back In Your Head You Can't Help It You Think About It And Think About It And Think About It Until Your Brain Feels Like A Squashed Pea.

I Tried. Can't Do It. Brain's Empty.

In A Course Of A Lifetime, What Does It Matter?

Once 'walk Two Moons' Received The Newbery Medal, I Decided To Write Full-time. Partly Because There Seemed To Be An Audience Out There Who Wanted To Read What I Wanted To Write, And Partly Because I Could Now Support Myself Financially Through Writing.