Timid child blooms into writer By Katie Beyer, 12, Meganne Hoffman, , Elizabeth Simpson, , , As a child, author Judy Blume was extremely imaginative and shy,
so she made up stories in her head. And while she still makes up
stories, it's not so simple for her now. "It takes a really long time to get an idea and then millions
of rewrites to write it," she explained. "I've never really been
able to tell a story out loud and make it up as I go along." Despite the effort involved, Blume ha