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Sharon is a freelance writer from Cape Town and has seen some stuff in her life. She is a single mom by choice, late in life ballerina, and open heart surgery survivor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She absolutely loves to write from personal experience and has been known to fall down a Google rabbit hole in the name of research at 3am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On LinkedIn Sharon would describe herself as a multi-disciplined writer and editor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See her body of work here<\/a>. To collaborate, head over here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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