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Re: Not revising - with a twist

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From: cozzlab
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:46
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In article <1993Jan23.053309.14920@cbfsb.cb.att.com> djd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.j.daulton) writes:

>... "Writing for the trunk is masturbation."  ....

And, by analogy, writing for publication is prostitution ...

(pause for all the professional writers within eyeshot to murmur, 

"You bet!" )

And writing for a few close friends, like Jane Austin, would be a small
catered orgy, I guess, and ....

any further ideas?

Dorothy J. Heydt
UC Berkeley
cozzlab@garnet.berkeley.edu

Disclaimer:  UCB and the Cozzarelli lab are not responsible for my
opinions, and in fact I don't think they know I have any.
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