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When will you publish a middle grade novel like The Someday Birds soon? Also, are you currently writing a book now? Love you Sally! <3
Sally J. Pla I love you back, Namrata! :-) I'm so grateful to you for reading and liking The Someday Birds, and for writing me this question. Hearing from kind people like you, it always makes my day.

I do have another middle grade novel in development right now. It is set about 100 years in the future, and it is about a young girl who is very different from the world around her, and her quest to save her best friend--who happens to be an unusual animal... It will be at least a year until this story is out in the world, but I deeply hope you will give it a try and like it. I've very much enjoyed writing it!
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Sally J. Pla To read widely and write every chance you get. Go for it! Give yourself permission! But do the hard work -- take classes, read books, and practice a lot. There's definitely a learning curve. And the closer you get to your own human truths through your writing, the harder -- but the better -- your writing becomes.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Sally J. Pla Some months ago, I fractured my knee in four places. Good thing I'm not a toll taker, landscape gardener, professional chef, security guard, or anyone else that stands up to work, because standing up is still pretty hard for me. But I can sit and do my writing work pretty much anywhere. I am grateful for writing's portability. The only office you really need is inside your brain
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Sally J. Pla Everything works better when you unplug it for a bit -- including us. So I take a creative break. I leave my laptop for a while. Read all kinds of different, varied, new stuff, for fun. Relax. Make art. Play music. Think. Walk. Eventually, ideas start humming.
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