Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

-- Lynn Abbey 李恩·阿贝

短篇小说写作需要细腻的平衡感。坦率地说，小说家可以获得更多。一部小说可能会有一两个乏味的地方，因为读者已经做出了不同的承诺。

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Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the impact of the media culture on children, the delicate balance between work and family, and family involvement in education.

过去的会议主题包括加强父亲在儿童生活中的作用、媒体文化对儿童的影响、工作与家庭之间的微妙平衡以及家庭参与教育。

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For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.

对我来说，作为一个初出茅庐的小说家，所有其他在世的作家组成了一个对照组，对他们来说，世界就是安慰剂。

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I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

作为小说家，我不太擅长研究;我主要凭经验写作。

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The church has given me balance.

教会给了我平衡。

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