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I was adrift in a sea of questions and if answers were lifeboats, I was in imminent danger of drowning.

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Questions
Danger
Answers
Lifeboats
Adrift
Imminent
Drowning
Sea

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