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Goodreads asked Stephen J. Matlock:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Stephen J. Matlock Stop aspiring. Write. Risk being honest. Risk failing. Risk revealing yourself. If you _want_ to be a writer, you'll write. If you're not writing and not willing to write, you are not a writer.

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