The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a … — Eric Brown

The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I haven't written for a while. Ideas come to me and need to be written down.

Eric BrownWriter · b. 1960

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