 Judith Viorst is many people rolled into one—author, psychoanalysis researcher, and newspaper journalist. Though that may seem as though it would have a detrimental effect on her career as an author, think of all the many topics that are subject for a book when you have so many things happening around you.
Viorst wrote children's books for twenty years before she became interested in Freudian psychology. She studied for six years after which she became affiliated with the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute as a research graduate in 1981. Thus, adding the psychoanalytic research to her credentials can perhaps be a way for her to develop a new line or characters for her writing or simply to understand the people with whom she comes into contact.
Most of her adult writing tends to be focused on non-fictions and most especially on self-help subjects. She became interested in the field of psychoanalysis after years of writing children's books, so whether this is something that will take up more of her time than writing or is more of an interest to her remains to be seen. In addition to books, she also writes quite often for both the New York Times and the Washington Post. In addition, she has been a contributing editor for Redbook Magazine.
Viorst has three sons, Alexander, Anthony, and Nick who are the inspiration of the characters in her "Alexander" series—at least as far as names go. What better way for a child to enjoy a book than to have a series that continues on with the same people and all of the things they can do, both antics and serious issues. This is something you don't often see is books for small children, so it's refreshing that someone came up with an idea for a continuing series. Certainly there are ones like Judy Blume, the Boxcar Kids, and the like, but Alexander is just a cute little animated character to which the younger ones can relate. Sad Underwear, on the other hand, examines different feelings that children have and examines experiences in life from the point of view of a child.
Viorst is a rather well-rounded writer who can write on many different subjects, including those related to her secondary field of psychoanalytic research. Certainly in the field of writing the more skills and knowledge you have the better your chances are for finding editors who are interested in your writing. This may be a lesson many young writers want to consider as a means for getting an editor or publisher to be willing to read your book or even to have an interest in something you wrote or propose to write for a publication. The best writing tips, of course, come from someone who is where you want to be.
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