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 Posted on 6/8/2000 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>I read Cold Type and Say Hello to Mr Quigley. I must say, I think the
>latter would make a wonderful horror movie. It would be so misleading
>-- everyone thinking they knew what was going on, until the end.
>

Thanks...most horror films these days are about damnation and not a lot of them
are about redemption. I wanted to cut against the tide on that one.

>At one point you (JMS) said we shouldn't go to the trouble of digging
>up your early novels because they were really not that good. I
>ignored the advice and found them. You are right, they are not that
>good. However, somewhere between then and now you got to be a
>fantastic writer.

Thanks, but I'm still not quite there yet, in my own mind, not quite where I
want to be with the writing. Give me another ten years.

jms

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