"The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough."
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About Barbara Mertz
Barbara Mertz (1927-2013) was an American author who wrote under the pen names Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. She was a prolific writer of mystery and suspense novels set in various time periods and locations, often with a touch of romance and humor. Mertz was also an accomplished Egyptologist whose passion for archaeology and ancient Egypt inspired many of her novels. Her most famous series, featuring the character Amelia Peabody, garnered critical acclaim and a loyal following of readers.
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