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While I can see the rational for creating  a non-fiction group,
I for one would rather see misc. writing remain as it is and
cover *all* topics.

One of my reasons is very selfish, but I think
applies to a number of us:  I write non-fiction for my bread-and-
butter day job and fiction because I imagine my  novel someday
being purchased as a *MAJOR MOTION PICTURE* and I want
to cast Mel Gibson or Kevin Costner in the male lead.  (I'm
entitled to the occasional fantasy!)  So the mix of fiction and
non-fiction discussion on this groups works well for me--
many of our discussions apply to both areas of my life.

Because posters to this group are unususally descriptive in naming
their posts , I've also found it very easy to avoid the topics
I'm not interested in--like detailed  discussions
of various computer software and parts of speech.

A possible compromise:  Perhaps we could follow Tipper Gore's 
example and start labelling our posts?  Something like (F) for fiction,
 (N-F) for nonfiction,  (G) for general, and (OU) offensive and
unfit for human consumption (i.e.: read me first).

Maureen  (a.k.a. Jane)

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Maureen Tan                                                                
                            Who dares,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                           Wins.
mtan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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