Goodreads asked Kelly Ilebode:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Kelly Ilebode My advise for aspiring writers? Ask yourself "why do I write". I write because I cannot imagine NOT writing. Once I set aside my ego - and needing everyone to like my work (that will never happen) I started to write the way I was meant to write. Don't try and write like Nora Roberts, Stephen King, J.K. Rowlings - You are not them. Do not write the way your English teachers told you to write - write like you. After all of that, keep writing and try to write everyday.

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