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Martin Edic

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Rochester, NY, The United States
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I've been a writer all my life and even more important, a reader. Like anything else it requires a lot of practice and a lot of observation and discipline. When I was younger I never considered myself disciplined. But then I got interested in playing original music, specifically punk and New Wave in the eighties and ended up joining a band. That's where I learned to work as a creative. We practiced 20-30 hours a week and eventually made records and toured as Hi-Techs and Personal Effects. Ironically, I learned the discipline required for writing by being in a band- you work everyday whether you're in the mood or not.
After the band days I decide to try to write non-fiction books for a living. I learned how that works and ended up writing eig
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