Here is how it all began. A dark haired girl of eight had a love for words. She didn’t understand it at first. Words couldn’t love you back, give hugs or even wipe away tears. She tried for a time to live as others do. But, underneath the skin, in a secret place, the words kept bonding, pushing, and poking her while no one looked. By the time the dark haired girl grew into an adult, she had given up trying to understand it all. Then, suddenly out of nowhere came a game changing, upendng word. Writing. Joy Moore is an active member of SCBWI, a graduate of the Institute Of Children’s Literature. She has one story published with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt entitled: Wiggle-wiggle, Scratch-Scratch, Itch-Itch-Itch. joymooreloop-de-loops.webs.com