Joanne Rowling Quotes

Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days.

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• Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Long
  • Writing
  • Mushrooms