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Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.
Alex Flinn
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Alex Flinn
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
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New York City
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Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.
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Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.
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Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.
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That's what true love should be like-the person should be part of your soul and you should know what they're feeling all the time.
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I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.
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I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.
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Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.
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I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.
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