A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Legend In His Own Minefield
On the Run in the Nastiest Corner of the Galaxy: A Freelance Writer's Life

On the Run in the Nastiest Corner of the Galaxy: A Freelance Writer's Life

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John Mendelssohn
Jan 30, 2015
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On the Run in the Nastiest Corner of the Galaxy: A Freelance Writer's Life
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Getting back to Los Angeles two years ago this month after 28 years away, I resolved to do whatever it took to make my living as a freelance writer. I was already writing 12 little air travel essays per month for Flyertalk, and that put a reasonable wad of rumpled bills in my pocket each month, but then they noticed how indignant some of their readers w…

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