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Goodreads asked David E. Miles:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

David E. Miles As the ad says, just do it! I spent years procrastinating about my writing and then decided one day to just get over myself and do it. My wife and son always said my books were great but then they would, wouldn't they!

So, I got the opinion of a few friends who would be brutally honest and they also said they were great. It gave me the impetus to put my work out to a wider audience.

Slowly I gained enough confidence to not seek approval before proceeding. Some are lucky to have that confidence from the start but I wasn't

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