Birthdays: Nathanael West (1903), Ester Wier (1910), Arthur Miller (1915), Jimmy Breslin (1930), Robert Jordan (1948), Wally Lamb (1950), David Means (1961), Patrick Ness (1971), Ariel Levy (1974),
Ester Wier won the 1964 Newbery Honor for “The Loner”
Robert Jordan is best known for his “The Wheel of Time” series
Quote: “If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.”― Wally Lamb, She’s Come Undone
“You have to have talent to some extent – I certainly hope I have talent – but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.” – Robert Jordan
Tip: If you have several projects you want to work on but can’t decide which one to do first, take fifteen minutes and write on each project. Just write, as quickly as you can for fifteen minutes, then take a short break and go on to the next project. The project to work on is the one where you forget to stop after fifteen minutes and keep going or the one which, when you read it, it really grabs you.
Jumpstart: This is what I knew about love before he came along. Now, I know better…
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