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Sometimes, being a writer can make us feel like we’re standing all on our own, especially if we don’t have a writing community around us. 

This can make it even more difficult for us to work on our writing, even if we feel that we have a book inside us that’s ready to be written. 

Kimberly J. Ward’s book writing journey started after she went on a real journey, spending two years at sea with her husband and daughter. 

But it was the writing community she found at her local library that helped her to write the basis of her book, and the help of others with book...