Who is the teacher here?

I've been wanting to write a novel for the longest time....carry on and on about the damn thing, should it be a novel, should it be a true story, when should I get an editor....on it goes, the procrastination, the angst, the self-doubt, the staring at the blank page, more self-doubt, turning to a blog as a way of 'practising' writing, 'practising' publishing (and this is a publishing writer talking, it's pathetic!).

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"I finished it, Mum!" said my daughter last night. She has been working so hard on her writing. Not wondering about it, not stressing about it, just writing; not for school - just for the fun of it.

She thumb-drived me her book and lo and behold its 90,000 words. A full and interesting 300 page novel.

Not bad for a thirteen year old. 

Thing is, it's pretty good, too.