On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:52:40 +0100, "Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson
at port.ac.uk (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 20:51, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:46 PM Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson
>> at port.ac.uk (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 20:36, Jeffrey Schwartz <
>> xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Jeff, if you want "Country Conversations", feel free
>> >>
>> >> I'll try and make time to finish up "The Great Plague Robbery"
>> >
>> >
>> > Oh yes, that's the other thing that makes me want to give up any attempt
>> to contribute... the sheer brilliance of this kind of genius...
>> >
>> > well done Mr S - my hat's off to you.
>>
>> I really can't take much credit for the "Old Scout" stories.
>> Some really good luck with a Ham radio, 2 gallons of gas, and $50
>> worth of beer and booze and snacks.
>> Not a whole lot of writing skill involved.
>>
>
>hah!  As Jeff would probably tell me, that kind of 'simplicity' isn't
>easily come by.

Indeed not; it is a fairly well-known aphorism among authors who Do It For
Money that says that you know when you've gotten the story Just Perfect
because... there's nothing left that can be cut out.

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