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Moira McPartlin Just supposing scientists discovered a super vegetable that could help prevent cancer. How long would it take before the big seed companies muscled in to control that seed? (The full version of my story is called Broccoli Soup)
Moira McPartlin Join a critique group made up of writers you trust and who write to the same standard as you. Also persevere, I know all writers say this but it is true.
Moira McPartlin I used to write lots of short stories but because I've been working on the Sun Song trilogy for the past seven years my stock of unpublished short stories has diminished. This is a long way of saying that I'm currently working of a series of short stories.
Moira McPartlin I love people watching and am inspired by ordinary people. My writing is always character driven so it is fun to create characters from people I encounter in every day life.
Moira McPartlin My recent book, Star of Hope is book 3 in the Sun Song trilogy. The idea for the original story in book 1 came for a dream. I dreamt about a man in a prison cell who had a box and in that box was a secret. I wrote a short story based on my dream. That short story became an novel and the novel became a trilogy.

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