Chris Pavone
After college, I was burdened with student loans to repay, no financial cushion, so I wasn't in a position to bet everything on a creative-writing career — neither the writing-workshop academia life nor the freelance-writer version, trying to scrape by on short stories and house-painting gigs.
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All life demands struggle. Those who have everything...There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life...I would maintain that thanks are the highest form...Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation...I was raised to believe that excellence is the best...Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success...