‘The Bad Guys’ and the Crossroads Its Author Faced - The New York Times

Unable to support his family with his children’s books, Aaron Blabey was ready to give up. Then he came up with the concept that’s now a best seller and an animated movie.

Then what happened? All of those ideas converged on a walk through the countryside in 2014, and when I wrote the idea down with all the character names, I texted a friend and said, What do you think… [+1470 chars]

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