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> > Quite so. I am constantly amazed at the insensitivity of people
> > who think they can demand free services from strangers who earn
their
> > living selling those services. So many times I come home to find
> > messages from readers of my books who leave me telephone numbers to
> > call (almost always toll calls, of course) with not a hint of why I
> > ought to even consider calling. - Herm
Wow! When I published my book of fiction in the mid-80's I got lots of
calls
from people wanting to know how to break into publishing, I was
flattered. A
famous writer told me that she got very unfavorable reviews for one of
her
books, and that she cut out the nastiest one and put it her wallet to
keep her
humble.
I've always tried to remember that, since at 25 I didn't want to even
think of
the possibility of a bad review, and thought she was off her nut for
keeping it.
But now in my 30's when people email, or call, or write a letter to me
asking
how they may, perhaps, break into a particluar field, I always answer
them. It
took them enough chutzpah to contact me in the first place. And it's at
that
moment I remember what she said---"be humble."
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