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Goodreads asked Peter Tonkin:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Peter Tonkin The power. Writers are really closet control freaks, making up worlds they control like Gods and Godesses. My other profession has been as a teacher - so being a writer gives a little balance against unruly students, overbearing colleagues and overpowering management (School, Inspectorate, Department of Education etc).

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