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山西省祁县中学2020届高三上学期英语8月月考试卷
From childhood. Moira loved to write, Throughout school she 1writing, but pursuing(追求)it 2was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse "Medicine was a fairly 3option," Moira says. "And writing was a career where it wasn't a 4that you'd have high income."
She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so 5that she didn't take up writing until her thirties. She 6 a novel — a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent 7 . Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find and found one who wanted to 8her. Suddenly it seemed she was on her 9as an author.
"I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we 10 all possible areas she thought needed 11I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn't hear anything. It was not long 12Moira found another agent who was 13 if she was willing to rewrite" it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. "I got back a really brief letter." Thank you. I'm no longer interested. It was really 14.
A decade went by, and Moira found herself itching to write again, this time15for her own enjoyment. She16herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.
As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. "The characters 17 a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn't thought about. It just 18out." One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.
" 19 it hadn't been published I still gained so much from the 20 ," says Moira.
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