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  • September 26, 2000
    Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent: Ask A Former Professional Literary Agent, Part IV
    by John Hodgman
  • September 13, 2000
    Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent: Ask A Former Professional Literary Agent, Part III
    by John Hodgman
  • September 1, 2000
    Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent: Ask A Former Professional Literary Agent, Part II
    by John Hodgman
  • August 28, 2000
    Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent: Ask A Former Professional Literary Agent, Part I
    by John Hodgman
  • July 17, 2000
    John Hodgman, Professional Literary Agent, Has Not Forsaken His Young Cousin, the Aspiring Writer Known Only as “Josh,” but Read Below for Important News of His Professional Status, and Learn With Him the Painful Lesson of The Lycanthrope’s Niece
    by John Hodgman
  • April 12, 2000
    Josh Has No Idea How Much Some Writers Would Pay for the Advice He Gets for Free from John Hodgman, Professional Literary Agent. But Because Josh is His Cousin, John Provides His Guidance Happily, if Thanklessly
    by John Hodgman
  • January 31, 2000
    Another Example of the Illuminating Correspondence Between John Hodgman, Professional Literary Agent, and His Cousin, One ‘Josh,’ Who Aims to Be a Man of Letters
    by John Hodgman
  • December 22, 1999
    Another in a Series of Letters to Josh, an Aspiring Writer, from His Cousin, John Hodgman, A Professional Literary Agent.
    by John Hodgman
  • October 21, 1999
    A Logic Puzzle and a Hangover Cure
    by John Hodgman
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