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‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51

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‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51
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There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’s like to fail and not having your new novel overshadowed by early literary promiseRecently I was at a film event where I was introduced to a big producer by a very nice actor. The actor said, “this is Patrick, he has a debut novel coming out soon.”The producer looked me up and down and said, “You took your time.” Continue reading...

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