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|    Kay Shapero to All    |
|    Re: Authorial Musings: Ideas Are Not Val    |
|    16 Sep 15 23:00:16    |
      From: kay@invalid.net              In article <9c2723ac-5118-4701-8f72-14e9a3a7aff6@googlegroups.com>,       thelastearthman@gmail.com says...       >              >       > I agree completely, but would like to add a point.       >       > Though I don't believe in the supernatural, it's sort of a cliche or       > something that it's BAD LUCK to tell the details of a work of fiction       > before it's published.       >       > I've noted that many "writers" who yak about what they're working on       > are often unpublished or self-published.       >              Most likely because once you've told the story in detail, that's bound       to take away some of your drive to write the sucker... because you've       already TOLD it. :)              --              Kay Shapero       Address munged, try my first name at kayshapero dot net.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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