Goodreads asked Ailsa McFarlane:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Ailsa McFarlane For me the only advice I can give is to write the book you want to write, not the book you feel that you should write because you would like to conform to a certain style. Write something that, to you, is simply a good book, make it as raw as you can, draw on the things that feel uncomfortable to write. For me, I've found that those things tend to be closer to something truthful. Write the book that's a good book in your own eyes.

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