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Judy Blume

HER LIFE WRITING QUESTIONS FUDGE

This is the cabin where Judy goes to write, all on her own. Read what she has to say about writing.

Dreams   When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress or a ballerina.  Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother -- certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.  I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.  

Stories  I made up stories while I bounced a ball against the side of our house.  I made up stories playing with paper dolls.  And I made them up while I practised the piano, by pretending to give piano lessons.  I even kept a notebook with the names of my pretend students and how they were doing.  I always had an active imagination.  But I never wrote down any of my stories.  And I never told anyone about them.   

The view from my cabin, which is called Cuckoo, is wonderful.

Grown Up  When I grew up, my need for story telling didn't go away.  So when my own two children started pre-school I began to write and I've been writing ever since!  My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them.  Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real.  Some people consider this weird.  But my family understands.   

Her pet dog often likes to take a nap while she is working on her books!