As a young, ambitious novelist, writing for kids never crossed my mind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I never wrote my books especially for children.
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.
I'd never been published when I was young.
I never intended to become a writer.
I never thought of myself as a writer.
I resisted children's writing for a long time. I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But I had so much more fun writing kids' books.
An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.
I have never met an author who did not read voraciously as a child.