He looked at the piles of food again, and it was like he was seeing it with new eyes. This is wrong, he thought. Letting food rot while people die of hunger. It's evil. — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place. — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
He looked at the piles of food again, and it was like he was seeing it with new eyes. This is wrong, he thought.… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales. — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
"Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
