huffingtonpost.com – Monday September 28, 2015
I've had the great fortune of interviewing many acclaimed authors. They always have much to say about the craft of writing. One of the questions I've asked often has been "What has surprised you about the writing life?"
Here is what some of those widely read authors said...
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