During World War 1, Agatha Christie volunteered to be a nurse and spent a lot of time in the hospital dispensary. She later became an apothecary’s assistant, where she handled pills and lotions every day and learned which concoctions were deadly. This training served her well in later life when she wrote her novels; she was able to give her characters access to innocent-looking plants or household chemicals that could be used for fatal consequences.  Her high level of underst

Career Inspired Many of today’s celebrated authors started out in jobs completely unconnected to writing and used their life experiences to fuel their stories. The 20-million-copy best seller, Atomic Habits,  written by James Clear,  was created after years of blogging. The author was a US college baseball player studying biomechanics when an injury forced him to look at how small habits could lead to life-changing outcomes. He blogged about self-improvement and productivity

Live Demo of the InkBots in Action

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