L. E. Modesitt, jr. interview (2024)

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stacktrust · 41m ago

  What advice would you give to a younger L. E. Modesitt, Jr. at the beginning of his writing career?

> I wouldn’t even try. I like where I am, but getting here was so unplanned that any advice given to me at that age likely would have ruined me or made the journey seem so impossible that I might not have even tried.

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L. E. Modesitt, jr. interview (2024)

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