Going with the flow, but sorry for top-posting too: I get a nice warm and fuzzy when I recognize something put in a book either for me, or for a group of which I am a part. Another case in point, from Issola: "I have a plan. First, are you secretly Mario?" "No." "Oh well, so much for that plan." First, sorry if that is a little off, I am AFB. Second, I had a grin on for the rest of the day after reading that. Third, thanks Steve. :) W "Women. Can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts." ---Norm on Cheers > -----Original Message----- > From: abcmm at att.net [mailto:abcmm at att.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:36 AM > To: skzb > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Brust interview > > > In my humble opinion... I found the comment about a story being > written because the author wanted to read it to be the most > revealing.... If more than one person thinks a particular chain > of events would be fun to read, that does not make the reading > any less enjoyable. > > Personally I know some of the most enjoyable passages in books > are when something is written exactly as I imagined. Kind of > like when you are having a conversation with good friends and you > all unexpectedly and completely agree on some point. > > > > > > > This is getting kind of silly. > > > > My problem with using ideas that I've read on the list has nothing to do > > with any legal questions. It has more to do with thinking, > "Oh. Someone > > else came up with that? Well, I guess it must be too > predictable/" I hate > > being predictable. On the other hand, changing something I > think is cool > > just because someone else had the idea is problamatical. > > > > For the moment, at least, I've left that scene in. By the time > I get to the > > end of the book, like as not I'll have decided that the scene > doesn't fit in > > anyway. > > > > > >