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July 3, 2009 Respond

M. asks Do you have to publish short stories to break in? You don’t have to. I only sold one short story, to a semi-pro, and it came out after our first novel did, due to publication in a special issue. All you need to get published is a good manuscript and an editor who…
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July 3, 2009 2

Next, Author’s note: the protagonist is twelve Mesmerized by harsh, emerald eyes staring back at me, I didn’t notice his hand until it was sliding down my shoulder. Even then, I didn’t look down at it. He walked a few feet away and joined the other two boys. Disappointed, I realized my arm felt wet.…
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July 3, 2009 Respond

Happy Friday, The power of attraction between them had quadrupled since they’d last met and they escaped the restaurant separately as discreetly as The Ivy’s entrance, circled by paparazzi, would permit. A text message and two black cab rides later, they were reunited in his flat, snogging like hormones-driven teenagers, carelessly tearing off articles of…