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Autographed

During my spring/Swedish Death cleaning I gathered and shelved together all the books people have signed to me, two I bought that were already signed, and two ARCs that found their way to me and hallmarked an important moment in my career.

I rarely donate signed books because I know exactly how it feels to find out someone got rid of the books they asked you to sign, but there were some that had bad memories asssociated with them that I needed to let go. I did contact one author to ask if they wanted a bound ms. ARC of their work from 2005; they instructed me to dispose of it.

Considering how long I worked in Publishing (26 years), doesn't seem like much, does it? Ah, well. I'm still glad I have these. :)

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