At FreelanceWritingGigs, Poster "Deb" makes an interesting comparison between free-lance writing and Halloween - and comes up with six remarkable similarities. Really.
Hat tip: Sree Sreenivasan via Facebook and @sreenet on Twitter
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October 31, 2009
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