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. All of her books have been illustrated by David Small (her husband). 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.

nearsighted unable to see distant objects clearly; myopic

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

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

a d r i f t

olympiad a major contest; a competition

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

raids to search for something needed or desired without any warning

promptly right away; with no delay

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

goddesses female “gods”

things placed one on top of the other

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

courthouse the offices of a county government

donation a gift to othersa gift to others