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Susan Holmes penned her first story at the age of four. Despite the brevity (three pages of crayoned text) and the title (“Three Bears Visit New York City”) her father gave it the same careful consideration he gave to C. F. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower series. When he finished the story he announced, “You are going to be a writer.”

To be a writer, of course, one must also be a reader. In the pre-digital world that meant a trip to the local library (a very long walk across town, requiring an escort/bodyguard in the form of her older brother) where a new world awaited. By the fifth grade she’d progressed to Shakespeare, an experience that came in handy when she was stationed in England at the start of her military career. For the next twenty
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Susan Holmes I have a few strategies to break the block. Sometimes I can get back on track by "interviewing" one of my characters. If that doesn't work I'll jump t…moreI have a few strategies to break the block. Sometimes I can get back on track by "interviewing" one of my characters. If that doesn't work I'll jump to another project. And when all else fails I go for a walk!(less)
Susan Holmes Letting the voices in my head out!

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