Christine asked : We all had a super scary villain we were afraid of (Jason, Freddy, etc.) Who was your super scary villain and describe how you would successfully escape from them. I answered: You know … without getting too dark, can I just say that those types of villains never scared me, but I’ve feared real monsters. My advice to deal with real monsters is to always speak up, never feel as though they have power over you, and then, kill them off in a book. *** Pretty much all of us had an English teacher who tried to convince us to journal. Those of us who loved to read usually jumped at this, envisioning that one day, we might be a writer too. Although our teachers had good intentions with journaling--teaching us to write--those teachers who insisted, not because the state mandated, knew the real reason why we should learn to write. Journaling wasn't just so we could write down stories that one day we'd publish. Teachers in the know told us to keep a jo...