Don’t Worry about Slumming

One writer’s misadventures in the publishing world.

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You know, it does tend to suck when a mentor starts taking an active disinterest in your little victories. She makes a sarcastic remark about slumming. “So you’re a self-help writer now. Interesting. Honestly, I couldn’t stomach churning out that crap.”