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I’m new to this writing game. I was 51 when I went to university to do an MA in creative writing. At sixteen I got a job as a typist, then a filing clerk, an office manager, a paralegal in criminal and family law, a project manager in social services, a massage therapist, waitress and backing singer, became a Member of the Employment Tribunal, the Adoption Panel and then a Magistrate. I had a busy life. So, when I eventually started writing, I felt I had something to say.

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