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When my first novel was published in 2020 and wasn’t the roaring success I was hoping for, a part of me felt my career was over. ‘Well, that’s it,’ I thought. ‘I’m a failure.’ Since then I’ve realised how, as writers, we can never really say that. Last year I landed a new publisher, and this year I’ve made the top 10 ebook chart. Things have begun to turn around.
But in reality I can’t even