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When I was in third grade, I wanted to be an actress. By the time I was in seventh grade, I discovered I had a bad case of stage fright.
So I became not an actress, but a writer.
As a writer, I pretend to be the characters in my stories. Some days I’m a dragon, other days I’m a bear. Some days I’m seven, and other days I’m seventy.
Here are a few of my favorite characters
A 5-year old who loves to pretend but is afraid of starting school“Who Shall I Be Today?” in the September 2006 issue of Dragonfly Spirit.
A student trying to remember important informationlook for the article “A Good Way to Remember” coming soon in Hopscotch.
An eight-year old battling a grape soda explosion“The Secret Ingredient” in Children’s Hood.
Here are some other characters I’ve written about
Paige saving the library from the jaws of an ending-eating raccoon (Edgy Wallop and the Endings).
Sarah deciphering the clues in an old letter (Sarah’s Search).
Nico and Riff-Raff the giraffe setting out to rid the woods of ogres (Ogres, Ogres, Stay Away!)
When I’m not writing, I’m readingreading about hundreds of characters and their adventures.
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