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Sarah Stewart's Rules for Aspiring Writers • Study Latin

Sarah Stewart was a skinny, nearsighted, and very shy child. Two safe and silent places in her young life were her neighborhood library and her grandmother's garden… to this very day the library and the garden remain her favorite places.

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Sarah Stewart's Rules for Aspiring Writers • Study Latin

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  1. Sarah Stewart was a skinny, nearsighted, and very shy child. Two safe and silent places in her young life were her neighborhood library and her grandmother's garden… to this very day the library and the garden remain her favorite places. All of her books have been illustrated by David Small (her husband). Sarah Stewart's Rules for Aspiring Writers• Study Latin • Read the great poetry written in your native language.• Find a quiet place and go there every day.• If there's no quiet place where you live, find it within you for a few minutes each day.• Put your ambition into writing, never into making money.

  2. nearsighted • unable to see distant objects clearly; myopic

  3. i n c r e d I b l e • beyond belief or understanding; • "at incredible speed"

  4. steamer trunk • a large strong chest used when traveling or for storage

  5. a d r i f t floating freely

  6. olympiad • a major contest; a competition

  7. library cards • a card allowing someone the right to use the library and borrow books

  8. raids • to search for something needed or desiredwithout any warning

  9. promptly • right away; with no delay

  10. tutoring • providing extra help to students by instruction outside of the regular classroom

  11. goddesses • female “gods”

  12. things placed one on top of the other stacks

  13. parlor • a room where people can sit and read, talk and relax

  14. courthouse • the offices of a county government

  15. donation • a gift to others

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