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Ep. 370: Why You Should Write with Friends with Katlyn Duncan

Ep. 370

Katlyn Duncan is an award-winning, multi-published author of adult and young adult fiction, and has ghostwritten over 40 novels for children and adults. When she’s not writing, she’s obsessing over many (many) television series’, and hanging out on YouTube where she shares her writing process and all the bookish things.


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