If you've got a gem of an idea and start writing...
- ResearchScholar
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If you've got a gem of an idea and start writing...
If anyone asks what you are doing, just say: "Writing a book."
If they ask, "What on?"
Just reply: "Once it's done you'll know."
That will probably make them even more curious,. But that is their problem, not yours.
Theft of ideas -- intellectual property -- appears to be breathtakingly common. The only way to avoid such problems is to keep tight-lipped during the writing process.
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- Rancher
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I agree whole heartidly!!!!!!


As a published author myself I have learned that even your closest friend can be you biggest blabber while writing.

I keep my stories close to my heart and home until they go to the shelves.
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Even after having published something, a major idea in one's book can be used or poached and no attribution given. That in fact happened to me most recently. When I mentioned this to friends over dinner, one of them said that obviously the person who used the idea without attribiution felt that I did not have an "exclusive" on it. Go figure!
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