Margaret Haddix
Margaret Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddixis an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Childrenand The Missing. She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth9 April 1964
CityWashingotn Court House, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Margaret Haddix quotes about
dream remember
I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream.
girl letting-go mean
He reaches over a goat that's come between us and grabs my hand. "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there's a wedding.
reading book thinking
I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
eye months firsts
Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.
summer fun reading
I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
writing long firsts
Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.
trying feels playing-around
I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe
writing trying third-grade
I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
trying failing bigs
Fail big if you have to, but go down trying.
husband home thinking
Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws..
writing wells bad-things
When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
printed-word valuable printed
There is nothing more valuable than the printed word.
strange wonderful realizing
A ssure you, the more I travel through time, the more I witness, the more I realize that there are things that are both strange and wonderful, far beyond human comprehension.
editors agents phases
After Ive sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.