For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past.
I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.