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Charles wrote "Heartbeats Across Borders" and many short stories, some have been published in many different journals/anthologies as well has his own two collections - "Daydreaming" and "Uncharted Realities". All three of his books are available on Amazon
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“I tell people that I’ve never been hurt by an honest question, and that’s true: it’s a cruel opinion that hurts, not a question.” --Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein (1948- ) From Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995) Page 9 #life #love #art #coffee #diary #quotes #Bornstein

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“Don’t be discouraged by rejection, especially from publishers who say your work is not quite right for them. Have faith in your ability and, very importantly, focus on learning, growing, and developing.” --Micere Githae Mugo (born Madeleine Micere Githae) (1942–2023)

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“No woman has to be respectable to be valuable.” --Mikki Kendall (1976- ) From “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot” (2020) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #MikkiKendall

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“My novels are what is known as popular and sell very well, but I am not a critic’s favorite, indeed, I am generally dismissed with a sneer as a bestseller and not reviewed at all.” --Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (1907–1989) “Why Daphne du Maurier was Britain’s mistress of Suspense”)

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“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.” --Neil Richard Gaiman (1960- ) From"Where do you get your ideas?" (1997) #writerslift #authors #quotes #NeilGaiman

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“I no longer feel compelled, as I did when I was younger, to finish every book I start.” --John Marc DeMatteis (1953- ) From J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT (his personal blog) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #dematteis

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“I try to write to the story, as opposed to writing for the reader...” --Mariko Tamaki (1975- ) On writing characters in “We Read To Challenge Ourselves: An Interview With Mariko Tamaki” in Comics Alliance (2016 Jun 24) #writerslift #life #authors #coffee #write #books #amwriting #quotes #tamaki

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“Killing Mr. Griffin doesn't encourage violence in schools any more than the story of Cain and Able encourages children to kill their younger brothers.” --Lois Duncan Steinmetz (1934–2016) On violence in her novels, interview in "Absolute Write" (2002) #life #love #art #coffee #quotes #steinmetz

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“Some one said: ’The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.’ Precisely, and they are that which we know.” --T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) From "Tradition and the Individual Talent" (1919) #writerslift #life #authors #coffee #write #books #amwriting #quotes #TSEliot

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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.” --J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) From “Peter Pan”, Chapter 9 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes

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"Heartbeats Across Borders" - My novel - www.amazon.com/dp/B0D76PKHTG "Daydreaming" - My collection of short stories - www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNG22W76 "Uncharted Realities" Vols. 1 & 2 - More short stories - www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9ZSHXDR

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