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Karen Hunt

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Karen Hunt (a.k.a., Karen Mezek, Karen Mezek Leimert K. H. Mezek) is the author and/or illustrator of nineteen children’s books and the co-founder of InsideOUT Writers, a creative writing program for incarcerated youth in Los Angeles, and the founder of the MY WORLD PROJECT, connecting youth who live in remote, violent and poverty stricken areas around the world through art and writing.

She is a 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, a first degree brown belt in Eskrima, and a boxing and kick-boxing trainer.

As a child, she and her family escaped out of Egypt right before the 6 Day War, lived in a 17th century castle in Switzerland and smuggled Bibles into communist countries, to name a few of her adventures.

As an adult, she continued her a ...more

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Karen Hunt The best thing about being a writer is that I get to create worlds and characters out of my imagination. In Night Angels Chronicles, I have been able …moreThe best thing about being a writer is that I get to create worlds and characters out of my imagination. In Night Angels Chronicles, I have been able to create the kind of heroine in Sera that I would have loved to read about when I was a teenager. (less)

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Karen Hunt My advice for aspiring writers is to read, read read. And then, write, write, write. When you're writing don't get hung up on the first paragraph or t…moreMy advice for aspiring writers is to read, read read. And then, write, write, write. When you're writing don't get hung up on the first paragraph or the first chapter. Just keep going until the end. Nothing has to be perfect. That's a beauty of writing. You can go back and change things and make improvements later. Lots of people have great ideas. But sitting down and actually bringing those ideas to fruition takes discipline and hard work. (less)

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	The Rumpoles And the Barleys: A Little Story About Being Thankful 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Picnic with the Barleys: A Little Story About Courage and Forgiveness 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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People can platform whoever they want to. They can take crypto-Nazi sympathizers and give them a bigger megaphone than Hitler himself had! That’s the American way. But they will destroy their own side first, and maybe their country second. ~ Saul Sadka, Author, The Intertextual Tanakh, Bible Scholarship

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“You must come with me, loving me, to death; or else hate me, and still come with me.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

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“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
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“The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

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“Good music always defeats bad luck.”
― Jack Vance

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“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”
― Jack Vance, Tales of the Dying Earth

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