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Once the novel was finished, I decided, what the heck, I might as well try t
o sell it. This was not particularly successful. The agents I shopped it to
liked the writing, but said humorous SF was hard place; the publishers liked
the writing but said humorous SF was hard to sell. I wasn't terribly put ou
t about this; this was a practice novel, after all. But on the other hand I
thought it was good enough to let other people see it.
"Hi, Tom," the aquarium gunk said. "It's nice to meet you."
"That's better," she said.
Avika looked like the top of her head was going to pop off. She turned to me
. "Tom, do you always let your clients insult the people who can give them t
he roles they want?"