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Ah, thankfully novelist was my number one,

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took a while though.

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Again, I worked for a couple decades nearly,

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and at some point it really wasn't my goal

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to become a novelist anymore.

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I loved my work at the time developing software

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and then I went back to it.

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So, I think the thing I'd say to people is

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sometimes it's a very circuitous path.

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I mean, I wouldn't change it in hindsight

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how it happened.

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I mean, I finally got to my dream profession,

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but the journey was enjoyable too,

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and that's what I would say.

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It was definitely novelist,

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I think really only that.

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