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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Sep 03, 2020 6 minutes

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    STAR LETTER

    Not fade away

    The first time I purchased was on the day I was diagnosed with a terminal, degenerative neurological illness. I knew my words would eventually fade so I suddenly developed a compulsive need to write. I suffered from huge imposter syndrome reading about all the other skilled writers, but with the help of your magazine, my small weekly writing group (Jude) and an amazing course at The Novelry I have just finished my first draft of my first novel. I intend to self-publish and leave it behind for the people I love so they will have a little slither of my creativity long after this disease

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