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I laughed out loud. Any authors who don't take every opportunity to sell their wares is shortchanging themselves.

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To succeed and make money, you can't afford to be shy. You need to be your own biggest cheerleader.

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And it is one of the hardest lessons for creative people to learn and accept.

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oh god...is it ever.

in the past few years, I've found myself telling people that I've never written anything worthwhile, save for a few song lyrics (always a collaboration anyway).

I know this can't be entirely true.

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Your writing here is worthwhile. Don't sell yourself short.

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thank you, Tom.

you gotta KNOW your opinion on pretty much anything means a great deal to me.

I'm glad you're in contact with the kid, which I was actually going to suggest. doing ANYTHING to encourage the next generation to write (especially history) is very important...an authentic mitzvah. and this kid can already write very well.

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