Rose: Do you ever get stage fright?

Robert: No

Rose: Can you briefly describe your latest book?

Robert: My newest book is called Sand Castle Contest. It is about a boy named Michael who went camping with his family, but they wouldn't let him take his sandbox. Happily the first place they camped he entered the world's biggest and most amazing sand castle contest. I am working on a book called "I Am So Embarrassed". It is about a kid who gets embarrassed by his mother at the shopping mall.

Rose: Are there any children's authors that you admire?

Robert: Yes - there are many good children's authors out there.

Rose: How do you define your own success as a Canadian author?

Robert: Success is a wonderful addition to my life.

Rose: What advice would you impart to aspiring writers?

Robert: Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another. I do know, however, that writing is a bit like swimming. You earn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim by reading a book about swimming and nobody learns how to write by reading a book about writing. If you want to learn how to write, write a lot and you will get better at it.

Rose: Do you think writing communities such as Todays-Woman.net are beneficial to writers?

Robert: Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication.

Rose: Before closing where can we go to read more about you?

Robert: My website.