Good Advice

Ann Whitford Paul

I am blessed to count among my friends the talented Ann Whitford Paul (if you don't have her book, Writing Picture Books, run right out and buy it!).

She recently took a trip to Africa and shared an insight gleaned from that trip in her newsletter, Paul's Post. Watching a pair of wild animals put her in mind of what it means to be a writer and I thought it was worth sharing. I asked her if I could reprint her thoughts here and she graciously said yes. Here they are:

While on...