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    Jill Steeples

    Mar 03, 2022 3 minutes

    Jill Steeples will be known to many as a women’s magazine short story writer. She is also a novelist who says she needs a cup of tea before starting work.

    ‘I usually open up the laptop between eight-thirty and nine, after that first mug of tea,’ she says. ‘Before settling down to writing I deal with any outstanding admin tasks, or else look at Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads etc… and I check my emails. My husband has his own business – his office is in

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