Re: The writer's cut?

Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@xxxxxxx> writes:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:53:14 -0500, dbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David
DeLaney) wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:04:33 -0500, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
This doesn't change the length or the plot, but it does alter the way
one magic spell works -- Lester was of the opinion that my version
didn't make sense, and my response is that it doesn't have to make
sense, it's MAGIC.

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The magic cage. It's a cylinder. Lester insisted that it had to be a
hemisphere, that it presumably radiates from a point source.

Uh ... huh. Well, I guess he was the editor but that does seem
like an odd thing to insist upon. Why would a magic cage need any
particular shape other than what the designer thought appealing?

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Joseph Nebus
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