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" Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries. "
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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" I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read. "
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" If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page. "
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" I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript. "
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