"John W." <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Feb 11, 11:37 pm, "Marvel" <mana...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >The plan is to get published one of the books I'm
> >working on and make a go at that life.
>
> >John W.
>
> What kind of book..dictionary...thesaurus?
>
Dirty jokes.

> I used to subscribe to a writers NG, lots of cool folks in there ...even
> bought some books of aspiring writers.
>
> Regularly some poor bloke would plop down a chunk of work in hopes of
> praise.
> Only to watch it get gnarled by the piranha like frenzy of washed up 
> wannabe
> writers.
>
>That's why I don't do that stuff. What makes a book popular isn't
>necessarily quality, and I'd much rather submit to agents/publishers
>and have _them_ tell me how shitty my writing is. Or not.
>

It wasn't a bad thing, there was a lot to be learned from it.
>
So if I'm picking up what you're throwing down here, the dictionary you are 
compiling is kinda so so.