Hi Margaret, Of course I'm not making any serious statement to the contrary, but professionals have had wildly varying opinions of my own work. If someone did claim that your book sucks, it might reflect more on their poor taste (and vocabulary) than on your work. Best wishes for publication. Pat

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Even so, you won't make everyone happy. There are such incredible varieties of us. Pat

I certainly agree that the side of the brain that seems to function most creatively must not be ignored in education. I define the creative experience as a learning experience, a way of finding out something rather than merely a means of self expression. It's a process of discovery. So to me, creativity means writing (or painting or …) what you don’t know. I also think we've done ourselves a disservice by relegating right-brain activity to separate arts classes, too many of which present students with few challenges beyond the development of skills. (I was a public school art teacher for 14 years; am still a visual artist as well as writer.) Keep up the good work!