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One of the more significant changes on the literary scene in the last twenty years has been the explosion in the number of businesses offering teaching and mentoring services to would-be authors.

Back in the Stone Ages there were really only publishers, agents and authors. Authors were supposed to simply spring into existence, Athena-like. After all writing is the most democratic of the arts – everybody tells stories – and all you need to write a

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