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A manuscript sale I was expecting fell through. The editor had it for almost a year, and I'd made probably eight revisions. I didn't think it was a done deal, but I thought it was 90% likely. Honestly? 95%. Must've got shot down in the editorial meeting.

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I guess the only good news is that now we can pitch it elsewhere. It would feel kind of satisfying to sell it to another publisher, and be like...