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Susan Uhlig

Children's Author

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DO YOUR RESEARCH … make sure your facts are true, even if you are not writing something historical.
Mikki Sadil

DO YOUR RESEARCH

Quote• Posted on October 13, 2020November 11, 2019 by Susan Uhlig

Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.
Ray Bradbury

Remember Plot is no more

Quote• Posted on September 29, 2020November 11, 2019 by Susan Uhlig

The secret to unpredictable endings … is to allow … your protagonist … the possibility of failure.
Donald Maass

The secret to unpredictable endings

Quote• Posted on September 22, 2020November 11, 2019 by Susan Uhlig

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you’re writing, and aren’t writing particularly well.
Agatha Christie

There was a moment when

Quote• Posted on September 15, 2020November 11, 2019 by Susan Uhlig

So much of writing is ‘getting out of your own way.’ Silencing the inner critic, playing the ‘what if’ game with the story until fear of failure finally feels unnatural.
Erin Haley

So much of writing is

Quote• Posted on September 8, 2020November 11, 2019 by Susan Uhlig

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Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
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Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
by Marcy Campbell
You Are Your Strong
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