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When professional loyalty conflicts with honest opinion

My writing mentor who helped me get published just asked me to blurb his new book but I honestly did not like it very much.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gratitude and artistic integrity collide when we owe support to work that doesn't earn our genuine endorsement.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Publishing and the literary world?”

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