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Goodreads asked Mary Robinette Kowal:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Mary Robinette Kowal Interesting thing... you know the difference between a writer and an author? A writer writes. An author is a writer who has had something published. So if you are writing, you are already a writer.

Drop the word "aspiring."

You are a writer.

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