Re: You Failed David Friedman

On 1/31/09 2:22 AM, Zeborah wrote:
My assessment of Ric Landers is similar to David's. I believe he is
quite serious about his writing -- not just this book but also a
screenplay -- or at the least about the ideas espoused therein. I bet
his schoolteachers

In the name of God! Please! Not his schoolteachers!

and friends and family always told him he was a great
writer.
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