29) While the use of periods is considered optional to end sentences on social media and texting, you will have a somewhat difficult time getting your manuscript read if you do not use periods in a work of fiction intended for professional consumption
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40) If you have a character that biting and stinging insects seem to hate, especially disease-carrying mosquitoes, but that attracts pollinators such as honeybees, butterflies and moths, that character is a keeper and may qualify you for a deduction on your property tax
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41) If you have a writer on your staff who continually ignores good-faith fan feedback in favor of rooting around in trash cans and rinsing any food scraps they find under running water before eating them, this writer is probably a wild raccoon Call animal control immediately
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42) The easiest way to deal with upset readers, especially readers who contact you directly and refuse to leave you alone, is to send them $500 PayPal and Venmo usually work, but in some cases you may need to route a wire transfer or mail a paper check to a PO box
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44) How did the original one go all the way to ONE HUNDRED of these Fuck it I'm out
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