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I was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the land of four distinct seasons. The winters are so long!

Wintry days and nights inspired me to read many, many books, the most important thing a writer can do. Of course other seasons inspired me, too! And as soon as I learned to hold a pencil I began writing poems, stories, and diaries.

I have always owned cats (or they have owned me, a cliché, but true!) Coincidentally, all our cats have been authors, and I’ve compiled their writing secrets in the essay “Why Cats Write.”

And I have always lived within walking distance of a library. (O.K. in California, within almost-walking, but driving distance!) I love to read and write, but I also love to talk--especially about writing.


DARE TO BE A DANDELION
I love reading comments by writers about their writing process. This morning I read a quote in the NYT by the novelist Rachel Kushner. "All those things I was interested in - motorcycles, art, revolution and radical politics - don't seem to be connected, yet I thought they could become so, in the space of a novel." And then she adds, indicating that risk is a part of her c... read more »
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Average rating: 3.65 · 759 ratings · 200 reviews · 25 distinct works · Similar authors
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Not Enough Room!
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“You get a happy feeling helping someone read. You feel sort of like a wizard.”
Joanne Rocklin, The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook

“Why not"! That is SO wise. So many things would be possible in this world if you thought "Why not?" all day long.”
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“It seems weird that an educational establishment would use the wrong spelling on purpose, but there you go.”
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