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SJ Sindu

SJ Sindu works full-time as a professor teaching creative writing at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. When does she find time to write? ‘Part of my job is to maintain my writing career and expertise, so I’d say one-third of my job description is to work on my own writing. I supplement that with my own “free” time,’ she says.

‘I like to work regularly on projects and then take a few weeks off in-between drafts. I try to write 4-5 days a

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