Why Books as Children is Just Plain Creepy

From a random author interview:

“My books are my children. I love them all, and could never pick a favorite.”

Same author, different interview:

“Oh yes, I trunked several of my children back when I was starting out.”

The author at a booksigning:

“Psst. Hey, you. Want to buy one of my kids? Take two, the older one and the newborn!”

The bookstore staff three months later:

“Time to clear some shelf space for the new arrivals. Get out there and start stripping children.”

The library, where anyone can– On second thought, I should probably stop. I think we all get the idea.

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Steve Buchheit

June 1st, 2009 at 10:14 am

And then there’s the gutting of unpublished stories for material in the WIP. Not sure I’d want to make an analogy of that practices. Or of what plagiarism might mean.
- Jim C. Hines
  
  June 1st, 2009 at 10:17 am
  
  So is posting snippets of the work-in-progress the same as showing everyone your latest ultrasound pics?
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