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Hey! No one has shared this Ira Glass quote in like, six months! So it's time to share it again. One of the hardest parts of self-publishing I've found is this: I am confident in my writing now, at least on the non-fiction side of things. But the other things you have to do to publish a book and get it out there? There is a big freaking gap between what I want and what I can do.

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  1. John Samuel21 November 2014 at 09:31

    In an odd coincidence there's a character in #shirobako this week who needs to be told this...

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  2. Elaine Walker21 November 2014 at 11:09

    Although there is no guarantee that mere hard work will produce quality stuff.

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  3. Alicia Smith21 November 2014 at 15:27

    You are absolutely guaranteed that no work will produce no stuff, quality or otherwise.

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  4. Elaine Walker21 November 2014 at 17:01

    True.

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