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Astrology Gone Awry

So, Susan Miller astrologer said that I was going to have great success in my career this year. I, of course, assumed that would mean that agents would FAWN over my first novel and court me and fight with each other for the right to have me. This, however, was not the case. I'm okay with it, I've come to terms. I'm writing another novel. Maybe this one will cause the agents to swoon.

But, oddly enough I just got invited to be on the second panel I've been invited to be on this year to talk about the career I am constantly fleeing: that of an internet publicist. And so, I will be in New York at the end of November to be on some panel about publicizing to bloggers. Fascinating. I know.

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