Goodreads asked Anne Sweazy-Kulju:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Anne Sweazy-Kulju I heard it all through college, "a writer writes." Yes, it is a good idea to discipline yourself to "go to work" each day (your laptop) and write something. But what they did not tell me, and I wish someone had, is that a writer needs to read. A good writer should find the best writers in his/her genre and read them. You will, by osmosis or something, soak up their writing skills. Read lots in your favorite genre and it will make you a better writer--and of course, write, write, write!

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