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Don't Make Me Smile by Barbara Park5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s interesting about this was that I had absolutely no experience at all as a writer. And although being the class clown in high school didn’t seem like much to base a career on, I decided to write “something funny” and see what happened. I’m embarrassed to admit that the only thing I came up with was the fact that I’d always had a rather “odd” sense of humor. It was then that I – still unsure of what I wanted to be when I grew up – sat myself down and tried to figure out what my true talents really were. I didn’t start writing until I was almost thirty. So the idea that I somehow became a children’s author is a constant source of amusement. In fact (if I’m going to be completely honest here), when I was in school, a writing assignment was (for me) about as much fun as a trip to the dentist. As an author, one of the questions I’m asked most often is, “When did you start writing?” I have to admit I always hesitate a minute before answering this one, because unlike many other authors I have met, I didn’t always have a burning desire to be a writer. ![]()
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