Why am I doing this again?

[mrissa]

[Poll #1757672]

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[blythe025.livejournal.com]

I do like to read how authors came to write certain stories, but I don't think it's necessary.

The professionalism, in my mind, comes from how the book is designed and laid out, how good/clean the cover is, if there are typos, and other forms of presentation -- all assuming of course that the stories are great stories. An intro to the collection is just another very small notch in that regard.