Friend Is A Very Small Word, A

Sometimes, I Get Ideas From Dreams. Often, My Stories Are Based On Adventures That I, Or My Friends, Have Actually Lived.

The Advice I Continually Give To Young Writers Is This, "learn To Paint Pictures With Words." Not Just Once Upon A Time, But ... In The Long Secret Dust Of Ages, Beneath A Blue Forgotten Sky, Where Trade Winds Caress The Sun Bleached Shores Of Unknown Realms ... See, As Much As There Are Words In Poetry, There Is A Poetry In Words. Use It, Stay Faithful To The Path You Have Set Your Heart Upon And Follow It.

I Wrote About A Bird That Cleaned A Crocodile's Teeth. The Story Was So Good That My Teacher Could Not Believe That A Ten-year-old Could Write That Well. I Was Even Punished Because My Teacher Thought I'd Lied About Writing It! I Had Always Loved To Write, But It Was Then That I Realized That I Had A Talent For It.

I Enjoy Walking My Dog And Completing Crossword Puzzles.

All Little Creatures Are Beautiful...every Living Thing When It First Sees Life Is Born In Beauty. What They Grow To Be Is A Different Matter.