You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
You want to get your book to press. You rush it through. Revision number twenty__one. Do you really need twenty more? Yes. A half-baked book is a half-birthed child. It aborts, is put on life support; reviewers line the hall to pull the plug.
On Being a Rat and Other Observations
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You want to get your book to press. You rush it through. Revision number twenty__one. Do you really need twenty more? Yes. A half-baked book is a half-birthed child. It aborts, is put on life support; reviewers line the hall to pull the plug.
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