Aaron Shepard > Quotes

“The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may become a god.

Just so, a snake may become a woman. And we are told of one who did.”
― Aaron Shepard, Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera

“Small caps”
― Aaron Shepard, From Word to Kindle: Self Publishing Your Kindle Book with Microsoft Word, or Tips and Secrets for Formatting Your Text in MS Word and Converting Your Document to a Kindle Ebook

“However honest you may be, your heart is small and your fist is tight. Fall again, mount again, learn how to count again!”
― Aaron Shepard, The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale, with Bonus Cookie Recipe for St. Nicholas Christmas Cookies

“conga.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa, Retold from the Mwindo Epic

“Don’t blurt out your theme. Let it emerge from the story.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids

“And this, they say, is how thirteen became the “baker’s dozen”—a custom common for over a century, and alive in some places to this day.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale, with Bonus Cookie Recipe for St. Nicholas Christmas Cookies

“If you must come out and say it, do it in dialog, not narration.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids

“Avoid preaching. Children’s stories should be explorations of life”
― Aaron Shepard, The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids

“Don’t blurt out your theme. Let it emerge from the story. If you must come out and say it, do it in dialog, not narration.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids

“Especially good spirits might be brought to the Land of Darkness only briefly or not at all.”
― Aaron Shepard, The Monkey King: A Superhero Tale of China