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get your filthy fingers out of my pie

While I’m asking people for explanations*, can someone explain why sales people like Glengarry Glen Ross? I hear sales guys quoting it all the time – “always be closing,” “second prize is a set of steak knives,” “fuck,” etc – and I don’t get the appeal. Just yesterday, two of the directors at work referred [...]

it’s all right, darling; I can think of nothing better

Given that I’ve sold exactly zero books in my life to date, it’s a little presumptuous of me to give out writing advice*. But the writing process is a long one with many distinct stages. So I took a quick inventory of those parts of writing that I have a handle on: * Writing first [...]

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