
383: The Mashup as a Model: Lessons for Your Writing Career from Edgar Allan Poe - Interview with Catherine Baab-Muguira
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Poe's Self Promotion
Poe made up numbers about the subscriptions that he brought in while an editor at a place, to the point where the teli lasted for more than a hundred years before some scholars dug it up and actually ficted out what the real subscription numbers were. He lied about i mean, i say lies, yes, they were lies, but i don't view them pajoritively in that way. I love this about poe. It's inspiration ino sense. If you do have interesting aspects of your life that you're comfortable and talking about, then leave with tose.
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