On Friday, July 25, 1997 3:51 AM, Tybalt wrote:

This thread stops _now_. Those in it, consider yourselves rebuked,
and try not to let the topic stray so far while on the ML.

Who says this is "so far"?  It's about writing, after all.

Writers would do well to learn not to pad their stories, that doing so
lessens the quality of the work.

This is certainly more "on topic" than other threads you've ignored
recently.

Just MHO, of course.  :)

- Tybalt, FFML Moderator

-Richard