Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
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Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No.
Dan Totheroh
The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it.
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