Mariia Manko
Mariia Manko asked Marni Mann:

Marni, when did you realize yourself as a writer? After writing first book, publishing , success or …? You know this feeling inside «I am truly a writer»

Marni Mann The moment you're asking about happened when I held the paperback of Memoirs Aren't Fairytales, my first novel, in my hands. It wasn't the publishing contract that made me feel that way, although that was amazing beyond words. It wasn't turning in the finished manuscript or seeing the cover that my publisher designed, even though both of those sensations brought tears of joy and accomplishment. It was holding my baby in print, staring at my name on the cover, smelling the scent of the paper, knowing my words had been printed on those sheets inside. That was the moment when I thought--wow, it's really happened ... I'm a writer.

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