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There’s Only One Difference Between Published And Unpublished Writers, And It Is This -- The First Group See Their Work In Print On The Shelves Of Waterstone’s Or Tesco Or Online At Amazon; The Second Group Are Yet To Have Physical Evidence Of The Hours, Weeks, Years Spent Fashioning Words Into Their Patterns. You Are Already A Writer.

All Prizes Have A Role, If They Are Run With Integrity And With A Clear Focus On Reading And Quality Writing. I Don't Think Any Of Them Is Necessary, But They All Play An Incredibly Important Role In Building A Body Of Literature, In Introducing New Authors To New Readers, And Extending Reading.

Usually I Decide On What It Is I'm Writing Next By The Books I'm Reading.

The Dead Leave Their Shadows, An Echo Of The Space Within Which Once They Lived. They Haunt Us, Never Fading Or Growing Older As We Do. The Loss We Grieve Is Not Just Their Futures But Our Own.

What We Attempt To Do Is Not Without Danger. What We Attempt To Do May Not Succeed. But It Is Right And It Is Just. We Act For The Good Of All.