From Blank Page to Bestseller

Presented by: Carol Higgins Clark

Carol Higgins Clark shares her personal writing journey and the role storytelling plays in her life. She discusses what it is like to write full time, how she develops ideas, and how a story moves from a blank page to a finished, published book, offering an honest look at the making of a bestseller.

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