My journey toward becoming a writer was long and slow and fraught with innumerable Sloughs of Despond. I never thought I would be able to write a book. I never really believed that I would get published.
So, when these packets of letters from kids (and adults) show up on my doorstep, it never fails to take me by surprise--I wrote a book! It got published! Someone read it! They wrote me a letter!!
Each week, there is at least one letter that undoes me—moves me, thrills me, makes me think, give...
Published on April 17, 2012 06:35