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Lavie Tidhar
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shall i do another top ten writing tips. FINE. if you INSIST.
1) apparently nothing rhymes with orange, which is just ridiculous, i mean, right?
2) "lead" and "lead" are pronounced differently i mean english is so dumb
3) the writing that pays the best is ransom notes.

(with apologies to Get Shorty)
4) facebook is for weird old people but they buy books so you can't just delete your account
5) how do people do ten of these things??
6) i'm sleepy now
7) i wonder if there are any meatballs left
8) i think we both figured out this isn't going to help anyone sell a book
9) HOW. DO. PEOPLE. DO. TEN. OF. THESE!!
10) follow ur mellow and don't harsh my buzz.
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