I was looking at the 2009 Time 100 and saw that one of the most influential people in the world is a children’s book writer. Jeff Kinney is the author/illustrator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. These books are hilarious. But what I love about this writer/illustrator is that he still has a day job. I have a certain affinity to writers with day jobs. Sometimes it can be SO hard to balance paying the bills and pursuing your dream. And sometimes that dream doesn’t come right away. Kinney … [Read more...]