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" I haven't paid for anything since I became famous. "
Melissa de la Cruz
Since
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Became
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" I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in huge spurts - I could turn around a revision in two weeks, I used to be able to write 10,000 words a day. It's like, 'Wow, what happened to that?' That's just gone. "
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