Did That Really Happen?

The question readers often ask, adults or kids, is the same. Did that really happen? And to you? And sometimes, of course, it has . . . in some way, at some time. Most of my stories, though, come not from the substance of my life but from fragments and bits: a place I once lived, a promise once broken, a cat that once rode a dog's back all the way out of our yard.

I have been writing lately about researching to extend my experience, going dog-sledding in order to write a dog-sledding scene...