In a message dated 9/30/99 8:10:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, verona_beach@hotpop.com writes: << For God's sake, if you are one of these people, go and have your manuscript assessed by one of the many services set up to do this and accept the criticism. It's worth it in the long run. Camille >> Gotta agree with you here, Camille. I was part of a group for awhile that circulated horror fiction, of all things. There were some Ok writers, a lot of average writers, and a few people with a wonderful sense of humor and imagination that had relatively little skill (I actually liked these the best). But it was ALWAYS the mediocre ones that were the most sensitive to critcism. Jim PS Muriel's wedding was a reference to the girl Seymour married, asking why she married him....