From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
      
   > > I almost always consider a tragic ending to signify a lack of   
   > > imagination and intelligence on the part of the writer.   
   > >   
   >   
   >   
   >       The way I put it is that if you are God Almighty and you can't do   
   > better in the "happy ending" department than THIS world offers, you're   
   > not trying.   
      
   ...Although, you do have to make it an ending that arrives by some means   
   other then deus ex, or it's not really satisfying.   
      
   But who ever said writing good books was easy?   
      
      
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