Graeme Simsion
If you want to be a commercially (or critically) successful writer, imagine it's your dream to be a neurosurgeon. Unless you're very lucky, you'll need to put in the same amount of work or more. There are more jobs for neurosurgeons than fiction writers...
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Penny
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Graeme Simsion:
Hey Graeme, lovely to meet you last year in Wellington - my question comes from a writer's perspective - you took five years for 'The Rosie Project' (I'm on year 4 with my first official work, so I get that, I do), how long did it take you to work on 'The Rosie Effect' before you felt confident enough to hand it over to the publishing house staff to peruse?
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