Writing, Wreading, and Wrestling with Words

Writing, Wreading, and Wrestling with Words

All the Whys

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Susanne Dunlap
Mar 02, 2025
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Today, I’ve been thinking about some big questions.

The biggest of them is simply, why?

Here are some of the whys that have me pondering at the moment:

Why do people write books?

Why do people read books?

Why is romance so popular?

Why do people get sick and die?

It was this last question that sparked the others, to be honest. A lovely, talented book coach, S…

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