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Book Writing

I have decided to live out my childhood dream of starting a book, a dark romance meets sweet and innocent the two world I love when reading coming together in one, I am gonna do my best to post updates as I go through the journey of writing and editing and what my life looks like trying to navigate the book world as a writer!

#book #booklemon8 #booktropes #authorlife #newtolemon8

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