title: The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease:
author:  Susan Wise Bauer 
description: Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.
zlib_text: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  I always imagined my first novel would be the most difficult to write. In
  fact, I believed that until I sat down to write _A Twist In Time_ and
  discovered that there are just as many, if not more, nerve-racking moments.
  Taking an idea and shaping it into a book can be both exhilarating and
  terrifying—and an effort that is not done alone. Again, I have to thank the
  wonderful team at Pegasus, Claiborne Hancock, and my fabulous editors Katie
  McGuire and Maia Larson. Like expert diamond cutters, you know how to smooth
  out the rough edges and make everything sparkle. Derek Thornton of Faceout
  Studios deserves a special thanks for his talent in designing such lovely
  covers. As always, I am eternally grateful to my agent, Jill Grosjean. Without
  you, none of this would be possible. My gratitude extends to Karre Jacobs and
  Bonnie McCarthy, both gifted writers themselves who have never failed to
  champion my writing endeavors.
  
  
  I would also like to thank the librarians and thei