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Years Gone By

 …I am so close now. Six books under my belt, a newly designed author website, which I’ve just built and here I am a member of the Jericho Writers Community, with the intention of paying for an Agent assessment, once I’ve written the synopsis.

More than all that, my book is honed and ready. I’ve carved it out, it’s ready. I know this.

Oh my, I’ve resurrected this blog!


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