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1.How long does it take to write a book?
2.how old were you when you first started to write your first book?
3.did you expect it to be your everyday job?
4. where did your ideas come from?
5. how much money did you make for your first book?  

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Hello Leann:

The answers to your questions:

1. I have no idea - as long as it takes. This is unknowable, in advance.

2. Seventeen.

3. No.

4. Mostly, from reading, at that age.

5. Not a cent. I wrote it, then threw it away, as I was sure it had no potential.

Please come back if you have more questions, and thanks for writing.  

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Susan Rand

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General writing questions fiction and non-fiction, having to do with creating characters, plotting, outlines, description, organization, how to start, how to keep going, how to finish, ePublishing, creating a website to display your work, etc.

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35 years' writing, studying writing, teaching and mentoring beginning writers.

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BA degree in English/Creative Writing, 1982

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