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Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 09:04:12 -0400
From: John Colagioia <JColagioia@csi.com>
Organization: No Conspiracy Here...
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"Dennis G. Jerz" wrote:

> "John Colagioia" <JColagioia@csi.com> wrote in message
> news:3AC5F1BF.ED639A@csi.com...
> > For the record--in case anyone's looking for the motivation to do something
> > like this--I'd be quite interested in reading this sort of thing
> > spotlighting just about any author.
> I would too... but (sweeping generalization to follow) authors are generally
> more interested in writing new stuff than they are in talking about their
> existing stuff (which is often "old" to them, since they've already moved on
> to other projects).  The role of the reviewer/critic/fan differs from the
> role of the author.

Not really a problem, from my standpoint.  I'm just as interested in the
questions asked as the answers the questions received.  But, then, I'm a little
perverse like that...


