Goodreads asked Helen A. Quinn:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Helen A. Quinn Find your own way of writing and avoid imitating others, it is very tempting and there is much advise out there that it can be overwhelming.

I was part of a writer's group and I did find that helpful in starting out. I needed that support and discipline to produce work each month and I learned a lot. Now I need to write alone.

Also I read this one piece of good advise that stuck with me. Before the Beatles became famous they practised something in the region of 100,000 hours. The advise was that writers should do the same. I know that the more I write the better I get.

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