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Goodreads asked R.L. Griffin:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

R.L. Griffin Read, read everything from smut to the classics. Read bestsellers. Read more. Then write. Don't be scared to write, writing is the easy part. Revise, revise, revise. Let someone read it and hide in the corner. Revise more. Put it away and live. Drink alcohol, have sex, love your family and take a shower.

Decide if you are going to publish this bad boy. If you are...

Get a professional editor. Get a professional cover. Drink some more.
Let some beta readers read it. Sit in the corner with drink.
Revise.
Stop looking at it.
Stop making changes.
Stop.
Publish.

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