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Susan Berliner

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I have been a nonfiction writer for nearly my entire career. I had originally planned to be an elementary school teacher, but left after a year to become a newspaper reporter for Fairchild Publications. I covered men's retailing for Daily News Record, a men's wear/textile trade newspaper, which was the "brother" paper of Women's Wear Daily.

After my children were born, I switched to freelance writing—mainly in education—publishing book series dealing with editing skills, language arts, and standardized testing and creating teachers' guides, student activity sheets, and test passages. I also freelanced as a local reporter for the North County News, a weekly newspaper in Yorktown Heights, New York.

When I returned to work full-time, I became t
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Susan Berliner Writing the first draft of a book--and then finishing the book and seeing it in print.
Susan Berliner My advice is to do treat writing as a job—something you have to do. Get into a writing routine and force yourself to work for a certain amount of time…moreMy advice is to do treat writing as a job—something you have to do. Get into a writing routine and force yourself to work for a certain amount of time every day. That's what I do. Even if I don't feel like working, I close the door to my den, concentrate, and write. And it doesn't have to be for a long period of time. Set aside an hour, half an hour, or even fifteen minutes. There's always time to write. You just have to make up your mind to do it!
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Dust

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Peachwood Lake

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The Disappearance

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Corsonia

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THE SEA CRYSTAL and Other W...

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After the Bubbles: Book One...

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George's Mother and Other W...

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