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Article #1352Re: Suggestion: misc.writing.fiction, misc.writing.non-fiction
From: John J Humpal
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53
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In article <1k26j0INN25m@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> mgcbo@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Charles B. Owen) writes: >It seems to me that there should be two boards, misc.writing.fiction, >and misc.writing.non-fiction. While some issues are common, they really >are very, very different. There seems to be about even discussion of >entertainment and technical writing in this group and it is pretty >active. Just a suggestion. Any option? I'm opposed to the idea of splitting this group. The traffic here is very light (maybe 6-12 posts/day?), so it's not very difficult to weed out the ones I don't want to read. Besides, I believe there is some cross-fertilizing benefit in having different kinds of writers share a forum. -- -John John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer
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