Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Exercise the writing muscle every day.

Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.

Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.

Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.