From: thelastearthman@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 14, 2014 8:27:18 AM UTC-7, mumble wrote:   
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   > Advertising, marketing oneself, becoming a "ride-along" to the   
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   > publishing industry... what a load of mercenary twaddle, apparently   
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   > "writers" today are looking for money but not capable of obtaining it   
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   > through more efficient means than sucking up to the publishing industry,   
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   > which leads me to conclude that the modern lot's unlikely to ever come   
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   > up with anything justifying Edward Bulwer-Lytton's famous adage "The pen   
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   > is mightier than the sword" since their only real interest in the pen   
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   > seems to be applying it to a checkbook.   
      
   Anyone writing for money is a fool.  There's many other easier and more   
   productive ways to make money.   
      
   One should write only if one is driven to write by muse or id -- or perhaps by   
   destiny.   
      
   C.E. Gee   
      
   http://www.kinzuakid.blogspot.com   
      
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