From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Kay Shapero wrote:   
   > In article <9c2723ac-5118-4701-8f72-14e9a3a7aff6@googlegroups.com>,   
   > thelastearthman@gmail.com says...   
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   >> 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 are often unpublished or self-published.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.  :)   
      
   I think when you feel that an idea has seized you, and you know it's   
   total crap, if you tell it, then it will lose its power over you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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