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sorry that sounds disappointing and disheartening. You're still a great writer, even if you're not natural at relentless myopic self promotion. I shared this link to a couple of people via email, but that doesn't seem to have done anything.
Sharing=caring do it for Nathaniel. All my homies hate not sharing Malos Ideas