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All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck.

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MaryJanice Davidson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 1
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