On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, magical truthsaying bastard roney! wrote: #Chris Turkel writes: # Yes, kind of like the JRR Tolkien effect; leave plenty of notes so you # can publish books for years after you are dead. # #Well, the problem with that is, taking the Herbert-Anderson Dune #prequels as an example, it might be better to will all notes to #someone who can actually write something /good/ with them. If we're going there, then I'll add: While you're still living and writing, don't get so pumped with your big success that you decide you don't need any editing. Ever notice how much crisper _Dune_ is than (especially the later) sequels? Huge amounts of stuff got sent to the appendices, and probably lots more to the shredder. -- Mark M.