I totally agree. This place is like a spoonful of sugar.
So, this afternoon, I was sitting at a navel-gazing conference listening to a panel of debut writers wax poetic about their navels. Luckily, I had a smart phone, so I could check my email obsessively. And I got another full request, and a partial request. It was a pretty productive hour!
Hathor, thanks for the tutoring lesson.
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Hathor: I'm proud of you for your perseverance on the Query Hell thing. It's gonna pay off, I know it. PS: Whoever thought your book was set in Scotland was dumb and has poor reading comprehension skills x
I suppose they couldn't conceive of someone in the US getting a Ph.D. in medieval and early modern Scottish history. Neither could my MC's parents
Exactly. That was the point as far as I read it.
So, this afternoon, I was sitting at a navel-gazing conference listening to a panel of debut writers wax poetic about their navels. Luckily, I had a smart phone, so I could check my email obsessively. And I got another full request, and a partial request. It was a pretty productive hour!
Bazinga!
See: Sheldon Cooper of "The Big Bang Theory".