I was a literary manager for almost thirteen years. My souvenirs from that time include deteriorating eyesight and the ability to craft straightforward yet kind rejections, which is a useful skill for a single woman who dates middle-aged idiots. As a profession, literary management is an unrelenting grind. I do not miss the expanding to-read stack, slus…
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