Blame this all on chat

All the books sell in those places
And the books are all the same
You don't look at their covers,
and you don't ask their names
You don't think of them as novels,
you don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money,
keeping your eyes on the keyboard

I'm a hack sf writer,
a writer for money
I write what they tell me to
I'm a hack sf writer,
a writer for money
And any old adverb will do

I wanna make a million dollars
I wanna earn some royalties
No husband and no children
I got no time for a family
All the books sell in those places
And the books are all the same
You don't look at their covers,
and you don't ask their names

I'm a hack sf writer,
a writer for money
I write what they tell me to
I'm a hack sf writer,
a writer for money
And any old adverb will do

Euros or dollars
An advance will do nicely, thank you
Let me tighten up that outline
Tell me, do you want to see me write that ending again?

(Repeat chorus)

A meme, a meme, my kingdom for a meme

I need a new short story. Once again, I turn to the meme.

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I need more stories.