marycatelli (marycatelli) wrote,
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advice about advice

"The book arrived with an I.U. press release stating that, I quote, Anyone who spends even a few minutes with the book will be a better writer. Well, I spent a few minutes with the book, and I feel a spate of better writing coming on."

That's how this review opens.  It gets better from there.  Not safe for anywhere where people might notice you are giggling uncontrollably and you might care.

(Got it from superversive )

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