to send me a message, you have two choices. If you’re over 13, you can put a message on my Facebook fan page, where of course other visitors will be able to read it. Or, if you have a message you want only me to read, you can send me an email.

I won’t be making any of the emails public as I have in the past. For those of you who like to share your thoughts with millions (OK, hundreds), the Facebook page is for you.

I’m afraid I still can’t answer emails individually. Sorry. The reason is the same as before. Each year I manage about 1500 hours writing (I know, less than it used to be). This means I can either write a book and a half, or reply to 9,000 emails. I’ve chosen the book and a half. I hope you understand.

So, the choice is yours. Whether you choose Facebook or email, I promise I will read every message.

(If you’re too young to have a Facebook account, you’ll need help from an older person for that. But don’t feel bad if you can’t use Facebook yet. Just send me an email instead.)

The links are below, but first, some important points.

• Please don’t send me a message if you’re just looking for information for a school assignment. Everything you might need is right here on the site; that’s one reason I started it in the first place. Cunningly positioned on its various pages are large amounts of the sort of personal information people ask me for when they’re doing author studies. Look in the Scrapbook and on the Bookshelf and at the About Morris pages and in the MAQ and you’ll see what I mean. If you really can’t find what you’re looking for, then by all means send me a message and I’ll do my best to add whatever it is to the site so that you, and everybody, can get top marks for your assignments.


• I won’t publish your email address here on the site. (See the Privacy Statement.)


• I’d love to know where you go to school, and the state (and country) where you are. I don’t need, or want, your home address or phone number.


• Please keep your messages brief. If you send me the 14 page essay on The Great Wall of China that you’re proud you got an A for, I’m sorry to say I simply won’t have time to read it, and it will clog up my email server, which means other kids won’t be able to get their messages to me.


• Please don’t attach anything to your message. Attachments take up too much time and server space. Emails with attachments will be automatically deleted, so I won’t see your message anyway.


• For those of you who may be new to the Internet, some good rules are:


• Never send your full name over the Internet.
• Never send your home address or phone number over the Internet.
• Don’t send annoying or abusive messages.
• If you receive an annoying or abusive message, don’t answer it — tell a grown-up.

Sorry about all the rules, but the internet is like a backpack full of custard. It needs to be handled carefully.

OK, enough reading. Time for you to do some writing.

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