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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nNot only would I have spent days researching my ideas more fully as I wrote, but I would have spent tens of thousands of words actually exploring them, as well as subconsciously thinking about them while writing all the exciting action, drama and romance in my stories. Those grand ideas were there in the beginning as inspiration, were there all throughout, and sustained my inspiration until I wrote \u2018The End\u2019. In a way, when authors write a book, we become a bit of an expert in whatever ideas we\u2019re exploring \u2013 expertise we can then share with others when writing our reading notes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I truly hope you enjoy contemplating the grand ideas you can discover and explore through downloading the reading notes of your choice \u2013 just click on the links, and feel free to share them around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Did you know that each of my novels come with free reading notes \u2013 Book Club Notes and\/or Teachers\u2019 Notes \u2013 which you can download right now? They include all kinds of valuable insights into characters, settings, authorial purpose, key themes, social issues, beliefs and cultural explorations, relationship & family\u2026<\/p>\n
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