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All people now have the chance to get a free education. I think racism has changed over the years. The book begins with his trial.Дo you think racism has changed much from the time of the Civil War to now? My next book (that I write, not that will be published) will be about a kid who gets involved with a stick-up and a murder. I've made thousands and thousands of dollars! Unfortunately the computer doesn't pay up. I occasionally play poker on the computer. I like to see the pages pile up - it gives me a sense of accomplishment. I do my day's work and then print out each day. I began writing virtually everything on that glass-sided machine. I figured that made me just about an OFFICIAL writer. When I was thirteen, my father bought me an old Royal typewriter. I guess I was most like Stuff.Дo you write on your computer or do you write by hand? Do you ever play computer games? All the characters, Binky, Light Billy, Carnation Charlie, etc.

took place in Harlem in my old neighborhood. Is Cool Clyde, Fast Sam, and Stuff based on your own childhood?ДЇast Sam. The information about slavery was largely researched, but my own family had been slaves in Virginia prior to the Civil War, so there have always been family stories circulating. So the idea really came from my own background. When I grew up, I found out that many African Americans had once owned land, but had lost it because banks wouldn't lend them money or because they didn't understand the legal obligations that land ownership involved. Where did you get the idea for Glory Field?ДЄs a small child, I often heard stories about land people had lost in the South. I won the contest, and the book was published. I wrote my first book as an entry into a contest. Why did you write your first book? What was its title? No one really encouraged me to write, it was just something I loved to do. In fact, I didn't know that there was such a job as an author. I didn't know I was going to be a writer. When you were growing up, did you want to be a writer? My favorite book as a youngster was probably Tom Sawyer. What was your favorite book when you were little? My most recent books are Slam, which is about basketball, and Harlem, which is about Harlem, where I spent most of the first seventeen years of my life. How did you get the idea for writing Dangerous Games?Дangerous Games was an idea that came to me when I saw my own kids get carried away with a game they were playing. I was good, but you have to remember that there are more guys in your school than there are in the NBA.

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I didn't become a professional basketball player because I wasn't good enough. Why didn't you become a basketball player? If I had my choice I would be a star player in the NBA (who wrote in the off season). If you had a choice, what would you do besides writing books? My favorite basketball team is the NEW YORK KNICKS!! Hoops was an obvious outgrowth of my interest, as most of my books are. Since this was my interest as a young person, I think it's natural that I write about it. I loved to play basketball as a youngster. What made you decide to write about basketball in Hoops? The rewrite takes about three times longer than the first draft. So, if the book is sixty pages it takes six days.

Once the story line is done, I start the actual writing - which consists of ten pages per day. This can be as many as seven to ten times.

I rewrite the story line as many times as I have to so that it 'feels' right. How many times do you have to rewrite a story line? Sometimes just playing the flute annoys the cat. In my spare time, I play the flute or annoy my cat. What are your hobbies besides writing books? I have often written about them or their friends. A lovely daughter, a son, and a baby son. That's why I gave Jamal the gun in the book. The issue, in my mind, was the kid having a gun. This bothered me quite a bit, and when something bothers me, I write about it. I thought he had just lost his interest in the game, but then I read that he had shot someone. One kid we played with stopped coming to the park. I like playing basketball with my sons in the park. Author Walter Dean Myers was interviewed by Scholastic students.