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Sometimes The Criticism Is Actually Useful And Constructive And Actually Informs What I Do, But Most Of The Time, It's Sort Of Mindless, Or They're Receiving Something On A Different Frequency Than I Was Sending It. They're Just Not Getting What I'm Doing, And That's Fine.

I Don't Think I Was Awake For Much Of My Childhood. I Did A Lot Of Napping. This Might Have Been A Defensive Measure Against Encroaching Depression. Until About The Age Of Eleven Or Twelve, I Had Zero Interests Other Than Trying To Steal Gumballs From Supermarket Gumball Machines.

My Process Is Surprisingly Straightforward. I Find Myself With Little To Do Over A Stretch Of Time And I Say, "i Should Write Children's Books Today." Then I Sit Down And Write A Children's Book, And If It Takes More Than, Realistically, Three Hours, I Feel Like I've Done Something Wrong.

I Think Writing For Anybody Helps You Order Your Life. It Helps You Arrange Your Emotions And Your Thoughts And It Helps To Provide Perspective.

All My Friends Were Girls. Then My Mom's Strident Feminism For Years Where Men Were Thought Of As The Enemy, I Just Didn't Know What The Right Way To Be A Man Was.