“All you have to do,” Shirley advised, “is write one sentence after another and -- voila! A novel.” ~ from Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Maria Hypponen
@mhypponen.bsky.social
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Writer, indexer, creativity mentor. 🇨🇦 I write short stories about confused hearts and the things that might have been. On Substack: petitsecrits.substack.com
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~ Pat Schneider, writer, poet, writing teacher, and editor](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k77pzzh44fwh6gnwy2swf6b3/bafkreih2hwxzor4pkfzppzid3vcvxnjzkm5r7pgasbum6iumgthou7ugxy)
