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Thank you again, and see you soon for my first actual post, where I will be tackling a question I get asked all the time: should I quit my job and go freelance? Plus advice on how to choose an agent (not just find one). And some other juicy bookish stuff.
Katy
HI Katy, I just had to sign up having read your guest post on Emma Gannon's - just the phrase "To be at the top would mean being liked, admired, looked after. Unassailable." made me stop in my tracks and then read it again. and again. I'd never thought of climbing the corporate ladder like that, but of course that's what it's about (amongst some other things). I'm really looking to reading more of your thoughts and reflections.
I'll be here for it alllllllll