Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often …

Flannery O'Connor
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.77, Macmillan
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.77, Macmillan

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