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Show 8 Rat jf'iay ?? Lakeside 1937 t 3 ew'd RcV?tf school Author: Writing is mental workout O Terror of the blank page home, "1 decided to go for it with writing, Ii'i been in the hack of my mind. My must always conquer mother hai a couviq and an uncle who were wnten and I thought writing might p Susan tawcr H0LHC3 he a cheap way to make money. I thought w all it a hall point pen and a piece of paper," che said. Now, chei an "older Author Mvityn guiliy if the dixxnt and wnt" writer and grandmother, in front of the com "My mom wai a librarian and we read a lot. In ttunkmille, Nevada, the hig jniter every day, Kracck. author of th newly published thing to do during the cummer wai to "Behind ths Door of Hoorn 2) It wav thrilling to read a good hook, uyt read. hut wwicijmev I would cay T eoutd write writing ii euremety hard work, "Thera are w nuny di&tractwmt. I want hener than this. and to I thought I d give to write a great Idea hut then I feel I'm tt a try," the caid. probably waxiing my time when I could he Everyone ihir.ki wriung is easy, hut it doing something more productive like isnt. Wnnng is hard - not rhjcwaliy, hut cleaning the hout." menially." Kracrek has a degree in ele I iftcen jean ago Kraeek left her job memaiy education from BYU and has tak a a radio dive jockey. en many college creative writing classes. "I wrote all my own material and did .She once thought of hemg a journalist, hut the night shift trying to keep truckers decided it might be a tough life so che he m found I couldnt stay up came a teacher instead. all night and function." She has five chit "There H always the terror of the blank dren, one of whom has come major dica page and a certain amount of fear you'll hiliues, so che needs to work out of her fail and won't he able to do It. Hut you Is something Farmington resident Farmington ah) it4 - V formation Help d, 461-920- 9. 776-316- 3, Contact Edrice Christensen at after 2 p.m. or call the school closest to you. Paracelsus Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton has openings for adult volunteers and junior volunteers. Volunteers receive training and free meals. Enjoy new relationships and tremendously rewarding experiences. For more information adults may contact Sheila at and youth may contact Gloria at The Family Friends Program needs a volunteer to provide companionship to a Bountiful mothers intellectually disabled twin. If you like music, swimming and outdoor activities call May at Easter Seal Society of Utah at 431-12- 825-924- 7. The Family Connections Center needs volunteers who are to help in at least their crisis nursery. For more in- - at at my exercise. The anra where t work has to be somewhat clean o I need to ndy op. Sometimes I have lo m4 through hook ad read instead of wrne. but ai ine (ad moment, I hegm to wmk on the computer, It's easier to dean ihe hoove than write," she said. "I get ideas from acitul ctws in news, papets, from pavi huiorical events and then add cturaders and things going on around me now. said kravtk. h e of the mot important dungs is lo read and read and write a lot. Dont wan for the perteci siory, fi hke practicing the piano or doing anything, if you warn lo learn how, you have lo do it." She adviws new auifwre io start small. Write a magvme antde, a family hiiory, or a siory tor the kids at bed time, she said. "Hut most of all, keep trying. Its peat when youre going good, hut when you have to struggle and rewrite, n takes do failure. With any job ou have going ia make a M of moukec," Trial and mor ic what h Kracek hai wrmen two unpyWnhed hooki and a cerren play, hut che'i been lucky with her Ut two wuikc. Her firt pubjidsed hc4, "hmali float Ouiving on The Great halt take. Past and Present" i popular with cadorc and those tmeresied in ile lake. Her new novel, published by EGhona Publishing Trust in hall lake CHy, Mends unJmiaiuhng and knowledge from Krae Tek's rich hack pound into a kght readable at ihe concerns of children and family life in a 1 armmgion family, "The story comes from the characters. Sometimes I get I he whole hook idea, how lo curt anJ end, hui then I have ihe characters take oil and they have a life of their own," die said. "You need a good know I. edge of Hie I nghdt language. I love Warning new words and sometimes it takes me days to think ,f he right word to ue and then it fas in anJ its tun." What advice would Kracck give to would-b- e wmer? 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