Re: Second Oldest Profession?

Subject: Re: Second Oldest Profession?
From: Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:29:41 -0700

At 07:57 AM 7/23/97 -0400, Kathy Frost wrote:

>Years ago, Writer's Digest magazine ran an ad, though I cannot recall the
>company; a writing school, I think. I have kept the clipping for 15 years.
>
>"Writing is like Prostitution
>First, you do it for the fun of it.
>Then you do it for a few friends.
>Then you do it for money....."
>
Dr. Samuel Johnson, who once said "nobody but a blockhead ever wrote except
for money," saved a lot of time by skipping to the last step.

--Wayne
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