Oh, sweetie. Unless your publisher is going to call me up to negotiate my sales royalties for my contribution to your book…absolutely not.

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a submitter, after we asked said person to fill out a consent form, as requested by our publisher. (DO PEOPLE NOT READ THE DISCLAIMER ON OUR BLOG BEFORE SUBMITTING?)

so.

frustrated.

(I spent HOURS searching the inbox for exact submissions, filling each form out individually w/name and content, and then emailing each person one-by-one…and I can’t even get a form back.)

himynameiserik:

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word. but according to Malcom Gladwell, it takes roughly 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at anything. That’s 10 years of dedication to one hobby, one interest, one profession.

I’m still figuring out the what. Architecture? Product design? Photography? Graphic/web design? Illustration/painting? Writing? Marketing?

Dear G,

What is my purpose here on earth?!