Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> >Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info >06/29/06 04:29 AM > >To >Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info> >cc > >Subject >Re: What are the obvious hanging plot hooks? > > > > >skzb wrote: > > >>>I stole it from Patrick. >>> >>> >>> >>Good writers steal; bad writers borrow ;-) >> >> > >Surely, writers do not steal or borrow... They simply perform "research". > >Majikjon > > > Nope. The good ones grab the diamond rings, yank the stones out of their settings, recut those suckers 6 ways to Sunday, polish them up, reset them into necklaces, brooches, chokers, pendants & whisk them in front of you for inspection with the aplomb of a stage magician. You'll never know the provenance unless you're a crackajack detective. The bad ones--it's obvious at a glance they've taken what don't belong to them & need to put it back ;-) Snarkhunter