From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 6:07:58 AM UTC-6, Jim Hetley wrote:   
   > On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9:43:28 PM UTC-4, John F. Eldredge wrote:   
   > > On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:45:09 -0700, C. E. Gee wrote:   
   > >    
   > > > Why would I publish a manuscript here?   
   > > >    
   > > > A tad over 40% of my stories get published, and most of the periodicals   
   > > > I submit to won't take stories that have been previously published.   
   > >    
   > > As you were already told, earlier in the discussion, this newsgroup isn't    
   > > for publishing an entire work, but you can post a short excerpt, say a    
   > > few paragraphs, and ask for a critique on that.  The focus is on    
   > > technique, not on publishing an entire work.   
   >    
   > Many years ago, back when dinosaurs roamed the newsgroups, some of us set up   
   a critique group based here.  We shared manuscripts by email, rather than on   
   the group, and a couple of published novels resulted.  My SUMMER COUNTRY went   
   through that process,   
    as the dedication indicates . . .   
   >    
   > I don't know if the group still has the population density to set up such a   
   thing again.   
   >    
   > Jim   
      
   Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth there was enough population density here   
   to set up an in-person critique group... granted, in a largish urban area.    
   That's how I met Dorothy in person.  :)   
      
   -Julie   
      
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