I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just didn't sell mine. (Bebe Moore Campbell)

I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just didn't sell mine.

Bebe Moore Campbell

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