Confidence, Man

Neil Gaiman talked about his Newbery Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book to Women's Wear Daily of all places. He tells a good story about the book, though. The germ of the story came to him over twenty years ago, but he put it aside, thinking “This is a much better book idea than I am a writer.” Eventually, Gaiman found the confidence to write a book has gone on to win Young Adult literature's highest prize. We should all be so modest.

The full article is here.--David E