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The Fourth Draft

When the story was sold to Little Brown and Company, the editor asked for some revision – which is a normal occurrence, and which, almost always, I’m willing and happy to do. The editor and I both want the best book that can come out of the material. The major change the editor requested was that I make my main character a girl instead of a boy; her feeling was that boys are often stereotypically pictured doing the kinds of chores that I had depicted in my story. I agreed to make the change and renamed my character "Amber."

(continued from page 2) The Fourth Draft When the story was sold to Little Brown and Company, the editor asked for some revision – which is a normal occurrence, and which, almost always, I’m willing and happy to do. The editor and I both want the best book that can come out of the material. The major change the editor requested was that I make my main character a girl instead of a boy; her feeling was that boys are often stereotypically pictured doing the kinds of chores that I had depicted in my story. I agreed to make the change and renamed my character "Amber."

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