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To Be or Not To Be a Writer

To Be or Not To Be a Writer

I always assumed that authors came from a very special mould. They were the kind of people who spent their childhood scribbling down stories whereas I was a bit of a geek. I had one of the first home computers, a Sinclair ZX81 so I was busy writing computer programs while those budding authors were […]

March 8, 2016 | By Amanda Brooke | 7 Replies More

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