I loved the Harry Potter books written by JK Rowling. I read to become a good writer, you had to be a good reader. I read those books while I was writing, The Hobble, Knobble, Gobble Tree. The Potter characters were so fun and lovable, the creatures were so vivid, and the villains were so dastardly that I grew to love all of them and I wanted my readers to feel the same connection with my characters. My daughter, a college graduate, (who has no anger issues, I might add) told me that she wanted to smack my main more...
