And it was an ah-ha moment for me because I realized that if it was just about getting published, or if it was just about the story, then I would have been upset in that moment,” Kress said. then I remembered this revision strategy that I had wanted to try and I got so excited. “I was readying to send it to a writer friend for feedback and. However, Kress didn’t get too discouraged, in fact, the more she wrote, the more she realized how much she loved the process. Before “Dangerous Play,” she wrote two other books, which she sent out to literary agents and were rejected. It also allowed her to show her students the perseverance and patience it can take to publish a book. So I was able to talk what about a real writer does because I was doing it every night,” Kress said. “My English teaching became more authentic because of my writing on the side. It also helped her become a better teacher. It’ll take you a while but you can write a book.” The reality is you can write a book if you have 10 minutes a day. “It really allowed me the freedom to be less precious about how and when I was supposed to or could write. “In some ways, it really helped me to have no time,” Kress said.

to write and found snippets of time wherever she could to jot down ideas or work out plot issues. “I started taking my writing seriously right after my second child was born in 2010, which for your readers, is a really dumb time to start taking your writing seriously,” Kress joked. While teaching and raising a family, Kress was also honing her skills as a writer.

Dangerous Play by Emma Kress