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Leslie Banks

In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.

Leslie Banks

Mom

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Leslie Banks felt overwhelmed and desperate, focusing on a practical goal rather than seeing herself as a writer. Her main motivation was to win money from a contest to help pay household bills, not to pursue a writing career.

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