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Daily Archives: June 1, 2008

Take scissors, glue, and one novel…

Posted on June 1, 2008 by mapelba

An early draft of my novel sat under my desk and mocked me. So I took my scissors to the pages and gave the silly thing something else to do.

If it can’t be art one way, it can damn well be art another way.

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