Editor’s note
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ost of us at some time have uttered, “I could write a book about it”. Sometimes it’s in jest or to make a point, and sometimes you really have an idea germinating. I have written a few books and edited a few more, but I see these as telling someone else’s story and not my own, although I well know and accept that a work of fiction is way beyond my capabilities. And even though over the years I have written enough words to fill thousands of books, it’s a different story to writing your masterpiece ... the book in you. Many times I have seriously thought about writing my book and have even gone so far as to dream up title and chapter structure, yet I still
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Contents have notebooks full of ideas lying around. It’s an elusive dream that keeps getting put off until tomorrow, which no doubt will never come. Unless there’s a deadline, there are other things to be done. Life gets in the way and it never happens. With retirement comes time to actually pursue the dream and also, I often hear, the desire to put your life story on paper for yourself and your family, if not for a wider audience. There are many extraordinary stories told in ordinary households. So, to fire up the inspiration, this month a number of published authors tell their story about that elusive book. They share their tips and ideas, the process, expectations, heartache and joy that comes before seeing your name on a glossy cover or, in some cases, the screen of a tablet. (And that’s before the trials of selling it.) But whether you are thinking Mills and Boon or memoir, specialty subject or special event, the only way to make it happen is to get started. Hopefully this issue will provide you the motivation to do just that. And if it’s a bestseller, you heard it here first. Dorothy Whittington, Editor
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