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	Feline Fancies by Denna Holm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rick Stepp-Bolling (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mehnaaz Ali (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steps to Becoming a World's Most Famous Writer

Okay, so the title is just a come-on. If there were steps, I would have gone down that path many years ago, but the journey I took hasn’t made me a world famous writer . . . just a published one. So how did I get there? What helped me become addicted to the art of wordsmithing?
Step One: Read, read, read. You can’t be a good writer or even a mediocre one without a reading background. For me, that Read more of this blog post »

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