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    Bad Reviews and Broken Hearts: How to Deal with All the Feelings
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    Bad Reviews and Broken Hearts: How to Deal with All the Feelings

    First: Spend several years working on you—I mean, a manuscript. Revise each draft based on feedback from your therapist—I mean, editor. Get Tinder—I mean, get publishing deal. Agonize over each ...

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