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  1. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!sqwest!marcy
  3. From: marcy@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca (Marcy Thompson)
  4. Subject: Re: "Wow! You're a writer?"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug13.190655.3425@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca>
  6. Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Surrey, British Columbia, CANADA
  7. References: <57680018@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <1992Aug13.084003.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
  8. Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:06:55 GMT
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  11. In a recent misc.writing article, miuvdd@lure.latrobe.edu.au wrote:
  12. >
  13. >However what I find interesting among a few writer friends, is the 
  14. >reluctance to reveal what it is that they actually write.  While I
  15. >write crime/horror/thriller, I started out writing murdery & mystery
  16. >drama games.  [Which considering the publication of a book on the subject, 
  17. >has been quite successful).  But all too often I'm told that while what I 
  18. >do is all very good, when am I going to do some "serious writing"? 
  19. >[Grrrrrrrrrrr...]  
  20.  
  21. You think *you* get a bad reaction about how serious you are, try telling
  22. them your most recent project is a romance novel!! Not only do people
  23. think you aren't taking your writing seriously, they often stop taking
  24. you seriously as well. 
  25.  
  26. Sheesh!
  27.  
  28. Marcy
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31.  
  32. Marcy Thompson        
  33.   SoftQuad (West)            
  34.     marcy@sq.com
  35.