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Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips Poll Yes FILE - This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. “Advice to a Secretary,†a rarely seen sketch published this week in the spring issue of the literary quarterly The Strand, is a wry set of instructions for his assistant in the 1950s, Juanita Messick. (AP Photo, File) NEW YORK – Philip Marlowe, the most self-reliant of fictional detectives, had no boss and no one to boss around. His creator, Raymond Chandler, needed some help. “Advice to a Secretary,” a rarely seen essa...