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By AnonymKirby Larson
Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my breakfast, I head to my office. Every single day. Sometimes, when I'm working on revisions, I print off my manuscript and go to a coffee shop to work. But mostly you can find me in my office.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?
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By AnonymKirby Larson
It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!
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By AnonymKirby Larson
The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa
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By AnonymKirby Larson
The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and look forward to a new year brimming with promise and peace.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.
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By AnonymKirby Larson
no matter how big his smile or how loud his laugh, you could hear the hurt underneath.
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