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Flashback: In the year 2000, I was rejected by Yaddo and I was sad. The famous mystery writer, J.A. Jance asked why the long face. I was a pitiful little stranger, but she told me not to worry. That genre writers never get into such places, but she has a wonderful and rewarding career despite the snobbery of such institutions. Then, she took me out for a fancy dinner. I was blown away by all the material trappings of her success (a plane! OMG a plane!) But also her generosity and her conviction that if you have readers, who needs prestige.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:00:00 +0000

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