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Upon looking back from the end of the last chapter and surveying the texture of what has been wrote, it is necessary,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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