When your nemesis gets a book deal
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When Your Nemesis Gets A Book Deal
By Anonymous
I am not jealous of my nemesis, who is neither smart nor funny nor a skilled prose stylist. I know media isn’t a meritocracy, though I cling to that fantasy more than I should. Then I hear something I don’t want to hear through some cursed stretch of the grapevine: my nemesis is writing a book. It will be traditionally published. It will be well-reviewed and widely discussed. Eventually, someone will recommend it to you.
