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Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

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Jon McGregor
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Somers Isles
Validating
Published
Embarrassing
Bits
Quite
Book

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