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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Of your list, I generally start with 1, follow that with 4 and 5, then land in a never-ending loop of 6.

I'm staggered that any writing ever gets DONE around here.

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Terry Freedman's avatar

🤣 Such circularity!

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Donna McArthur's avatar

Brilliant. It always helps to see it in black and white.

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Terry Freedman's avatar

Indeed! Thanks, Donna :-)

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

At least you know what to expect. 😉

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

I'm the same Terry only I would add Then I Get Competitive to the list. I'm a writer. I'll be danged if can't do it!

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Terry Freedman's avatar

Yes! Excellent point, Richard 😁 Cheers

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Me, except for the getting called on by editors bit...

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Terry Freedman's avatar

😁 Thanks, David. But what about the books you've published?

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I submitted the proposals for my non-fiction books- they weren’t commissioned. The fiction books were largely the same.

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Beth T (BethOfAus)'s avatar

Yep. Sounds surprisingly familiar! Good luck. Sigh…

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Terry Freedman's avatar

Chortle! Thanks, Beth. 😉

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