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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 are often unpublished or self-published.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.   
      
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