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Twelve

It wasn’t Take Your Daughter to Work day, but I brought mine. Her school ended on Wednesday and she wanted to come to the city, pledged to help me. Highlights included:

  • Our very hot intern took her to Sephora and they both came back looking like hookers; intern also gifted her with free samples.
  • Ran into old friend/agent AW at Spoon (our local coffee place) who acted as if my daughter were an Obama first child, swooning over her like mad.
  • While walking around the city, my daughter pointed out men who sported “man purses.”
  • Okay, I wasn’t going to give her your manuscripts to read or contracts to negotiate it, but she did make a ton of new files for me that had been piling up and, nation, the girl can fire up the label maker.

  • The guy at TKTS kiosk described Avenue Q as “muppets with a South Park mouth.” Maybe he can help me pitch my books.

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