At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
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I still have to crack the French market, though that isn't entirely surprising considering that the Sharpe novels are endless tales of French defeat.
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I took time off last year to sail the Atlantic, and if I got more opportunities for blue-water cruising I might take them.
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It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.
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