Not what I would have chosen

     I never meant to write this kind of thing, you know--hard facts, championing causes, things people don't want to read and don't want to believe if they do read them.
     I have wanted to write since I was seven, but it was always stories, fun anecdotes, silly dialogue, poking fun at stuffiness, fiction to make children giggle and adults smile nostalgically. And poetry.
     This wasn't my choice.