“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life they had never seen.” – Roald Dahl

“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” – P.J. O’Rourke

“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.” – P. D. James

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin.” – Joyce Carol Oates

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.