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“I have so many more stories to tell,” says Judy Blume in a Meet the Writers podcast at Barnes & Noble.

“I’m a much, much better rewriter than I am a first or second draft writer,” Blume says. In the podcast she talks about not only the writing process, but a variety of other topics.

Asked if she could put one book in a time capsule, which would it be, she said “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”

“It’s the first book where I let go,” Blume said. “The first two books were learning experiences. I was trying to figure it all out. And with ‘Margaret’ it was I don’t care about these rules I’m just going to write what I know to be true because I so remember my own sixth-grade experience.”

Listen to the Judy Blume podcast here.