Why visit schools?

As any teacher will tell you, when you spend time with students, you become filled with stories. Some of the best advice about being a writer has come from human beings just short of a decade old. I could write an amazing book about what I have overheard in teacher's lounges. Every time they are talking about that particular boy, who is absolutely driving them crazy I want to raise my hand in the air and say, "THAT WAS ME!"