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Goodreads asked Dorothy Tinker:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Dorothy Tinker Never give up on your dreams.

It took me about two and a half years of searching and studying for a job to 'support my writing' (jobs I didn't really want and that would take up any time I might have wanted for writing) before I realized that the paths I was following were only pushing my dream of being a fantasy writer further and further away. At the rate I was going then, I wouldn't even finish my first book for years, let alone be able to start the multitude of other stories that fill my head.

That's when I came to the decision that I would take hold of my dream and never let go, no matter what others might say about its practicality or probability of success. Writing fantasy novels is what I want to do with my life, and it will be my life.

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