This is not a new company or two dudes working out of a garage.

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He was wrong, and therein lies a lesson for all hardworking scribblers: stick around long enough, develop a cult following, gain the approval of one or two literary dudes, and you, too, can become respectable.

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They are written by two very different dudes, in different positions, with different objectives.

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