BEING AN AUTHOR--WHAT IT MEANS

"A WRITER PUTS WORDS ON A PAGE.  AN AUTHOR LIVES IN STORY."  --Jane Yolen

"THE WRITER IN THE MIDST OF WRITING, LIKE THE PENITENT IN THE MIDST OF PRAYER--FINDS THE SELF FALLING AWAY."  --Jane Yolen

I've been writing and teaching many years, I've published a novel, several short stories, and many poems, but I have never written down what moves me to create.  Here I go.     &n