<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the write life]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thewritelife.com.au]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brookehardwickwriter]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thewritelife.com.au/author/brookehardwick/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Home]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I have a feeling that this blog is for you.</p>
<p>I have a feeling that you found your way here because like me, you are on a quest for the <em>write</em> life.</p>
<p>Welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Thewritelife</strong> has been the life that I’ve lived even before I was able to write.</p>
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<p>See that little girl in the photo? The one on the left? Before she knew how to shape letters into words she wanted to be a writer.</p>
<p>She scribbled heartbeat lines of ink on a page and pleadingly asked her mother:</p>
<p>“Is that writing? Can I write?”</p>
<p>Since that time the little girl launched herself into a life of literature and at some indistinguishable point in time she became the woman on the right.</p>
<p>She became a writer.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m currently living in Hong Kong, championing my first novel and immersed in the world of literature.</p>
<p>Wherever <i>you</i> may be, thanks for joining me at <em>The Write Life.</em></p>
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