I always thought I’d be a writer-of fiction. I am a writer, I’ve published a lot of children’s book reviews, articles on children’s literature and authors and related topics, and I have also published some non-fiction articles for children in the magazine I work for. But I’ve never published any fiction- although ironically I teach a class in writing for children in an MA in creative writing program—and I don’t suppose I’ll ever completely feel like a writer until I do.

On the other hand, I get a lot of satisfaction out of the work I do do, and the from the things I do publish, so perhaps being a fiction writer isn’t on the cards for me. Maybe I’m a better editor of fiction than I’ll ever be a writer. But I still want to do it.