Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right phrases. There are TWO EXTRA phrases you don’t need to use.

A Success Story
Alexandra Adornetto is currently writing her sixth book. There’s nothing unusual about that, you might think. However, Alexandra is only 21 years old.
... , she had already published three best-sellers for children and become a successful author in her home country, Australia. She achieved all this while she was still at school.
Alexandra wrote her first novel ... . After she had written about half of it and revised it, she decided she was ready to get a book deal. ... . She was confident it would be accepted – and it was. Her book The Shadow Thief was published two years later. By then, writing had become part of her life, ... , The Lampo Circus and Von Gobstopper’s Arcade.
Next, she decided to write a love story for teenagers because it was something she’d wanted to do for a long time. So, how does Alexandra manage to write and still enjoy her life? ... and other interests. ‘I didn’t know how to balance everything when I was writing my first book,’ she explained. ‘Now, ... and do other things. I work in the morning and go out with friends at night.’