Written by Emily Harstone September 5th, 2013

Inspirational Quote of The Week

This weeks quote is a little different, it is not from a famous writer, but from a reader of Authors Publish Magazine. This weeks quote is written by Mark Mason.

It is part of our new series of quotes about writing by readers of Authors Publish. If you want to send us a quote email it to support@authorspublish.com, we will happily consider it for publication.

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