"Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him in recasting his journals into a form suitable for wider audience. The tone should be urbane, warm, and scholarly—somewhat in the manner of Lewis Thomas, but, of course, about plywood."
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, pet, pets, pet dog, pet dogs, dog owner, dog owners, writer, writers, author, authors, novelist, novelists, autobiography, autobiographies, book, books, chapter one, opening line, opening lines, literary ambitions"Maybe nobody goes to your Web site because it's about you."
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website, websites, personal website, personal websites, blog, blogs, blogging, blogger, unpopular, internet, webpage, webpages, insult, insults, insulting, husband, husbands, wife, wives, writer, writers, author, authors, autobiographical, autobiography, autobiographies, uninteresting, bore, bores, boring, loser, losers, supply and demand, bicker, bickers, bickering, spat, spats, marital spat, marital spats"It's the story of my life, isn't it? Always the subplot - never the plot."
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subplot, subplots, sub-plot, sub-plots, novelist, novelists, author, authors, writer, writers, autobiography, autobiographies, plot, plots, plotline, plotlines, plot-line, plot-lines, story of my life, central character, supporting character, supporting cast, supporting characters, centre stage, center stage, wife, wives, husband, husbands"I'm doing a think piece on me."
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think piece, think pieces, journalist, journalists, journalism, couple, couples, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, achievements, modern life, modern lives, modern times, online journalism, clickbait, click bait, listicle, listicles, fame, 15 minutes of fame, fifteen minutes, 15 minutes, self-interest, self-interested, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical"Pecos Bildungsroman"
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pecos bill, tall tale, tall tales, western, westerns, myth, myths, mythology, mythological figure, mythological figures, bildungsroman, come of age, comes of age, coming of age, novel, novels, autobiography, autobiographies, biography, biographies, biographer, biographers, portmanteau, portmanteaus, outlaw, outlaws, cowboy, cowboys, legend, lgends, legendary, lore, publisher, publishers, publishing"I called for you creative people because I feel it's time to begin my autobiography."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, ceo, ceos, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, chief executive officer, chief executive officers, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, creative, creatives, creative people, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographer, autobiographers, ghost writer, ghost writers, writer, writers, author, authors, book, books, literature, self-important, arrogant, arrogance, self-esteem, self-confidence, confidence, famous, notable, beginning, starting"For me, a confessions is much too autobiographical."
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confession, confessions, confess, confesses, confessed, confessing, cell, cells, prison, prisons, prisoner, prisoners, jail, jails, crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, arrest, arrests, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographer, autobiographers, cellmate, cellmates"Whatever you do in there all day is fine with me, so long as it's not writing a memoir."
"I know why the caged bird sings. Why he does that is anyone's guess."
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maya angelou, poet, poets, autobiography, autobiographies, hula, hulas, hula hoop, hula hoops, dance, dances, dancing, dancer, dancing, bird, birds, caged bird, caged birds, pet, pets, domestic pet, domestic pets, domesticated, behavior, behaviors, behaviour, behaviours, budgie, budgies, parakeet, parakeets, cheerful, cheerfulness"The book wasn't intended to hurt my stepmother - it was to help myself and others like me begin to heal."
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cinderella, stepmother, stepmothers, evil stepmother, evil stepmothers, stepmoms, talk show, talk shows, tv talk show, tv talk shows, heal, heals, healing, abused, abusive, cliche, cliches, autobiography, autobiographies, fairy tale, fairy tales, insult, insults, insulting, biography, biographies, deflect, deflects, deflecting, blame, blames, blaming, scapegoat, scapegoats, scapegoating, talk show, talk shows, book tour, book tours"'GameBoy: A Memoir of Addiction', by Ronald Markowitz."
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screen time, screentime, screen-time, screen addict, screen addicts, screen addiction, screen addictions, memoir, memoirs, presentation, presentations, report, reports, video game, video games, computer game, computer games, gamer, gamers, gaming, kid, kids, childhood, childhoods, autobiography, autobiographies"I love my unreliable narrator. You?"
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book, books, reading, narrator, narrators, unreliable narrator, unreliable narrators, autobiography, autobiographies, biography, biographies, biographer, biographers, lie, lies, lying, credible, credibility, bias, biased, unreliable, unreliability, mislead, misleading, misled, literary device, literary devices, self interest, self-interest"I'm writing a memoir. It's mostly recipes."
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witch, witches, sorceress, sorceresses, cauldron, cauldrons, brew, brews, brewing, potion, potions, magic potion, magic potions, halloween, hallowe'en, all hallows eve, cooking, cook, cooks, chef, chefs, recipe, recipes, cookbook, cookbooks, book, books, writing, writer, writers, author, authors, memoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, publishing, life story, life stories, record, records, instruction, instructions, spellbook, spellbooks, spell book, spell books, food writer, food writers, literature, myth, myths, legend, legends, folkloreThe Rainy Season
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rain, rains, rainy season, rainy seasons, rainy day, rainy days, preference, preferences, prefer, prefers, storm, storms, rainstorm, rainstorms, rain storm, rain storms, laura haynib, autobiography, autobiographies, shower, showers, showering, april shower, april showers, author, authors, writer, writers"He likes spies and big shots."
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book shop, book shops, bookshop, bookshops, book store, book stores, bookstore, bookstores, book seller, bookseller, book sellers, booksellers, book selling, book selling, customer, customers, bad customers, buying books, spy novel, spy novels, autobiography, autobiographies, author, authors, writer, writers, non-specific, unspecific, nonspecific"Congratulations! Your manuscript was the one-millionth personal memoir submitted to us this year."
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biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir, memoirs, personal memoirs, reward, rewards, writer, writers, author, authors, crowded market, crowded markets, crowded marketplace, publish, publishers, publishing, submission, submissions, self centred, self-centred, self centered, self-centered, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension"As your chosen autobiographical ghostwriter, let me state up front that if I want any input from you, I'll ask for it."
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ghostwriter, ghostwriters, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographer, autobiographers, writer, writers, author, authors, fact, fiction, non fiction, non-fiction, non-fictions, non fictions, literary project, literary projects, ghostwriting, celeb, celebs, celebrity, celebrities, ink slinger, ink slingers, interview, interviews, subject matter, subject matters"You've described your experiences well enough, Mr. Frimley. The thing is that quite a few other people were also in World War II, and some of them have already written about it."
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publisher, publishers, book, books, novel, novels, literature, literary, literacy, writer, writers, writing, write, read, reader, readers, reading, editor, editors, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir, memoirs, soldier, soldiers, veteran, veterans, war, wars, history, historian, historians, historic, military"Your Honor, on the first ballot the jury voted ten to two for conviction. For three emotionally charged hours, we discussed our points of difference. On the next ballot, it was seven to five for acquittal. Over the next several ballots, the vote seesawed back and forth. One juror became ill and was replaced by an alternate. By now, we had been in session for ten hours straight. Tempers were rising and some jurors were near the breaking point."
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