http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/28/you-could-always-take-up-philately/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/28/you-could-always-take-up-philately/#comment-65398 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » I Would Have Guessed “Ice-Cream Taster” Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:45:47 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/02/28/you-could-always-take-up-philately/#comment-65398 [...] But as someone who loves to write, I can see why other people want to do it, too. (And the cocktail-party cred is tremendous.) But the cynic in me (I call him “Ranulph”) must note that, as previously footnoted, most Americans believe they could write a book despite the fact that they rarely read books — which is probably part of the reason why the pay is so bad. Hopefully the British score better on that one. [...] […] But as someone who loves to write, I can see why other people want to do it, too. (And the cocktail-party cred is tremendous.) But the cynic in me (I call him “Ranulph”) must note that, as previously footnoted, most Americans believe they could write a book despite the fact that they rarely read books — which is probably part of the reason why the pay is so bad. Hopefully the British score better on that one. […]

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