The process of self-invention is never-ending; writer, like children, are always growing into their gifts. (Susan Larson in a "Times-Picayune" book review.
Writing a novel is like taking a long cross-country journey. The hardest part is getting going, making sure you have all the items you need to take with you, double- and triple-checking that the route you__e taking is the best way. So often you leave your driveway and start north when you realize you actually needed to head southwest. I__e never written a novel without a certain number of false starts. And it never seems to get easier. Part of me thinks it only gets harder.
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Writing a novel is like taking a long cross-country journey. The hardest part is getting going, making sure you have all the items you need to take with you, double- and triple-checking that the route you__e taking is the best way. So often you leave your driveway and start north when you realize you actually needed to head southwest. I__e never written a novel without a certain number of false starts. And it never seems to get easier. Part of me thinks it only gets harder.
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