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Are you more of a cranker, or an inker?

01.07.2010 by David Murray // 9 Comments

A local university thinks it is looking for a writer.

"The right person can crank out exciting ad copy, then turn around and ink an article for the alumni magazine."

As my writer pappy used to say, "Son, there's a difference between a writer and a typist."

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