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"One of the things that put me off writing for a while was that piece of advice everybody gives new w..." — Carol Berg

One of the things that put me off writing for a while was that piece of advice everybody gives new writers: 'Write what you know.' Nobody would ever want to read about my boring life! But I do know a lot of things about different societies' cultures and mythologies. The way people were and are.
Carol Berg
Carol Berg Novelist • American
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