During her high school days Linda made up her mind to write and i_______ (1) her own books. When she told her fellow students what she had decided to do, they b______ i_____(2) laughter. Their l________ (3) left her deeply e_________(4), but she did not lose heart. Instead, she kept putting down on paper what she felt, refusing to believe that it took a g______ (5) to do writing. After she got married Linda had to look after her children and do all the cooking, cleaning and l______ (6) for the family. But still she managed to fit her f________ (7) work in most of the time. So far she has written eight books, four of which have been p_______ (8). Linda firmly believes that you can write a book so long as you s___ y_____ m______ o___(9) it. It doesn't matter what q_________(10) you have. What does matter is whether you have a great determination to succeed.