When I was 11 years old, I entered a competition to get a book published.
I came second.
At the age of 16, I applied for work experience as a journalist and was passed over for the teacher's son in charge of work placements.
When I was 22, I wrote a travel book and sent it to every publisher I could find.
Rejections flooded my mailbox.
Today my first book w…
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