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Truth center & spin control.

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

Bookworm Sleepover

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

Characters jumping out of a book.

"More rescue efforts, less screenplay."

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

"Yes, Jane Lyons, sitting next to Katy Jones, class of 2018, it is important for a writer to know her audience."

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

"We've done a rigorous examination of your business plan using the latest algorithms to model future profits. . . which way up would you like it?"

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

"For just one monkey in front of one typewriter you've come up with some amazing stuff."

Fear of news.

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

Newspaper suicide.

Well, I finished my summer reading list – now what?

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

"I feel that I have at least one more unpublished novel in me."

'Is this your first book launch?'

'I'm in the den, mom, reading the newspaper for my social studies class.'

"It's publish or perish, and he hasn't published."

"I'm not spinning - I'm contextualizing."

"...And I like how you switched from the first person narrative to third person—impressive." "Thanks."

"It all happened so fast. 'Notable Book of the Year' to the remainder shelves to HERE in just six months!"

Writer Services: We fix plot holes.

"Who should we have at eye level this month?"

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

This new writer we've got is really working out, dear. I feel reinvigorated! Like someone's breathed new life into me! Why, I feel like anything can happen now! Like we can do things that are out of the ordinary! things we almost never do. I said Not tonight, dear.

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

"According to my phone, society is on the brink of collapse, but, according to our living room, things seem pretty O.K."

"But you didn't say they had to make sense - you just told us to write a thousand words a day."

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