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Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?
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Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.
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But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.
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If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.
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