Dear Cricket,
I would like to respond to Amethyst (May/June 2023). I desperately would like to be an author. However, I’m not really sure how I would achieve my goals. So far, all I can think of is: Go to a nice college, take writing courses.
I can speak fluent Spanish, but I’ve never actually thought of involving this skill in my future writing career. I hope someday I can. Some writers that have inspired me: J. K. Rowling, Kate DiCamillo, Maud Hart Lovelace, Jessica Townsend, William Goldman, and many more!
Pen Name Pending
South Dakota
Congratulations on fifty years of wonderful reading and art. I might be one of your oldest readers. In 1975, when my daughter and son were young, I discovered magazine. Back then, the issues were bound like a book, and illustrations were done in black and white. We enjoy the selections in each issue—fiction, history, poetry, jokes, and crosswords—something for everyone and always something new to learn. When my daughter went to college and my son went into the Marine Corps, sadly, I stopped our subscription. Then my daughter started gifting me with
