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Goodreads asked Susan Brewer:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Susan Brewer Always carry a notebook book around, because inspiration can strike any time.Often it's triggered by a fragment of overheard converstion, or maybe just from people watching. Try to write something each day, even if it's only a diary.
Rather than immediately launching into a novel, it maybe an idea to send some articles to magazines which deal with subjects that interest you - that way, when you finally approach a publisher, you will already have a track record of published features.

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