The Biggest Thing You Can Do as a Writer Is Be Unafraid

I get a little preachy here, be warned, and apologies

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Once when I was visiting an awesome school in Greensboro, North Carolina talking about my Moe Berg picture book biography, I was talking to the kids about how to show (not tell) emotion, and I had an epiphany right after a kid asked if I was Italian because I spoke with my hands so much.

Spoiler Alert: I am a lot of things, but I am not Italian.