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The Millions

On July 9, 2016 by Marcia DeSanctis · Add Comment

I never thought I’d contribute to the vast canon of writers-on-writing essays, but here is one, called ‘There is No Handbook for This’ that I wrote about second-career writers (like me) for The Millions.

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