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4. Beware

The Carrot Danglers

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Kieran Dodds
Sep 04, 2024
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4. Beware the carrot danglers

“We love your work! Can we collaborate?” How many times have I been lured by emails gushing praise? Talk of TV shows, lucrative commissions or global publications have all pinged in and subsequently faded to nothing. Like proverbial carrots luring me along, these emails are clouds without rain, promising much but delivering …

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