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A Writing Pledge From Me To Me For The Future

A Writing Pledge From Me To Me For The Future

I wrote this for myself but you can read it too if you like

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Jun 22, 2024
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As you can see, I was quite young when my first book was published, and not emotionally equipped to deal with some of the pressures that came with it.

The more I write, the more I appreciate the precision of language. I never disliked editing but it was only when I had got eight or nine books under my belt that I began to truly love it. Since then that l…

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