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My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Always Around Daughter Days Family Fascinating First Husband Many Most Necessarily Nights Order Our Peter Publishing Revolves Son Then Victoria William World

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I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in love with writing stories and seeing them go out into the world. It's magical, you know?

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Always Articles Fallen Few Go Know Love Loved Magazine Magical Novels Now Out Read Seeing Seriously Stories Them World Writing You

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Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Am Anyway Bring Common Common Ground Entertain Find Ground Just Life Our Part Process Stories Thrilled Through Together Us Way I Am

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I love to cook, my husband and I collect wine, and in my head, I am always on Sullivan's Island, walking the beach listening to the song of the ocean.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Always Am Beach Collect Cook Head Husband Island Listening Love Ocean Song Sullivan Walking Wine I Am I Love

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I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Always Brain Candy Entertain Fiction God Me Read Sake Serious Want

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Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Across Beach Black Black Hole Bones Book Convince Definition Die Everyone Fabulous Fire Galaxy Great Hair Here Hole Know Like Me Mission Must Over Over It Read Story Sucks Will

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If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. I know what's wrong with me!

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: About Alice All Writers Block Brain Crazy Creative Disease Drive Know Little Me Midnight Read She Talks Want Why Write Writer Writers Wrong You

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And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The punctuation police are everywhere!

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Eats Editors Everywhere Great Know Leaves Off Pants Police Punctuation Read Scare Shoots Want Why Writers You

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What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy it from the rest of my family and keep the house in the family. That was the only reason I even attempted writing for money.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Attempted Away Buy Earn Enough Enough Money Even Family House Keep Money Mother Only Passed Pay Reason Rest Wanted Writing

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I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Either Healthy Heart Honestly Humor Hurt Learned Sense Sense Of Humor Story Successful Tell Think Want You Your I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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