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• Thanks, Lauren

  Great post, Lauren. I'm someone who often feels like I should retire before I even publish, but then I snap myself out of it. Encouragement from people like you helps.

• This is the rub, Julie... If

  This is the rub, Julie... If the industry changes the returns policy, then bookstores will only buy "sure bets" and publishers will take fewer chances.

• Going out on submission in

  Going out on submission in this economy is scary with a capital scare. But really, when isn't it scary?

• That pretty much confirms

  That pretty much confirms what I was thinking.

• Fabulous advice

  Great post, Lauren.