Ann Turner
Ann Turner
Ann Warren Turneris an American poet and children's author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 December 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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The shop contributed funds to our programs with varying degrees of success, until the last four years, which have seen steadily declining sales.
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Testing is not a cure-all. But because it is believed that migraine is triggered by an accumulation of factors - a kind of points system - if you can avoid your potential food triggers, you are less likely to accumulate enough points from other sources to trigger an attack.
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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.
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I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.
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Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.
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In 'The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow,' part of the 'Dear America' series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.
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Kids who want to become writers might want to start carrying a small notebook in their backpack. I encourage people to sit down in malls and listen, just listen, to how people talk.
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When I first began to have the initial idea for 'Heartsease,' I just wrote a skeleton story; that is, I started her off as this young, bright 16-year-old and then added the events that occurred and where she and other characters fitted in, even writing 3 different endings, as I was not sure where Mary's story would lead to.