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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
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Norwich
Connecticut
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better what should I cut out to make it stronger what do I need to do to clarify it and finally, what should I reposition.
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All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.
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Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.
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