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Here’s a great definition of “a writer” I found in my online wanderings: “An over-caffeinated masochist with the insane compulsion to bare their soul on paper, cry over their keyboard and bang their head against the literary wall waiting for someone to love their work.” Ha, sounds lke every writer I know, including me!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a great definition of “a writer” I found in my online wanderings: “An over-caffeinated masochist with the insane compulsion to bare their soul on paper, cry over their keyboard and bang their head against the literary wall waiting for someone to love their work.” Ha, sounds lke every writer I know, including me!<\/p>\n

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