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On How To Be Prolific and How To Face The Wall

2 recent questions about writing answered.

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Alexander Chee
Sep 25, 2024
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Today a co-worker at the college asked me how I was so prolific. I was a little taken aback as I do not feel that way. If anything, I feel like the rider who has failed to finish taming his pegasus in time to fly off.

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