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Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.

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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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I’m not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I’ve never understood.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
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