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Never Get Laid Off with ‘Director’ in Your Title + Other Bookish Lessons from Colleen Lindsay
Posted in Most Popular Posts, Profiles in Convergence, Publishing Insurgents Unite, tagged #queryfail, agent, bloggers, Colleen Lindsay on May 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
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