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Whenever I am asked what inspired me to write my book, How Learning to Say Goodbye Taught Me How to Live, I have to pause before answering. Many factors seemed to have conspired to get me to write this particular story. I have written in the past but usually screenplays or fictional stories. I enjoy writing not just for the creative outlet, but it gave me a chance to live inside my characters in situations removed from my daily…..
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