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You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.
Ann M. Martin
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Ann M. Martin
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 12
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Ann Matthews Martin
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Fight your battles with words, not fists
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I think the complaint that I hear most often from kids, even kids who like to write is that don't know what to write about. A journal is a great source of story starters.
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There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment rights. There are so many things to consider and an agent is going to know how to wade through all that much better than you are.
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If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked at by an editor. Many companies don't accept unsolicited manuscripts anymore, so they'll pay more attention to something that comes in through an agent.
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For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
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I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
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It's great that there are so many different kinds of books for kids and adults to choose from. I think an eclectic reader is the best kind of reader to be, which would be why I was always so satisfied to hear that kids read the Baby-Sitters Club books and then went on and discovered other authors and other genres.
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I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike
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I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.
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I believe you are one of the people that can lift the corners of the universe.
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Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
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Maybe one thing is that you have to find the best way to write whatever works better for you.
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Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107 Adam on friendship
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Every time I finish a book, it's my favorite. I have a lot of favorites. I did just finish Jane Eyre and it was fabulous. I didn't want it to end.
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Cats definitely have their own opinions.
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I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?
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I want her back I said I want HIM back~Charlie
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