While I was doing a signing for my latest book, a woman passed by, picked up my novel, and immediately wrinkled her nose. "I don't read these kinds of books," she said.

"What do you read?" I asked.

She slapped the book down on the table as if it was so far beneath her she couldn't bear to touch it any longer. "Something with at least a hint of realism."

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