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In this regard I would like to put in a plug for your editorial capabil- ities. As a general rule, the fiction in TVia is quite interesting and be- lievable. Well, maybe not believable but at least the plot is rational and hangs together.

Editor's Reply: Thanks for the approval of my "editorial capabil- ities." While I do try to polish up misspellings, punctuation and contin- uity, I otherwise let the writer have his head. I feel it is important to the process of coming out of one's shell, of shedding some of the wrappings of secrecy and isolation that all FPs know only too well, and of learning to speak out that each contributor should be allowed to express her thoughts in her own way without being watered down or smoothed out by me.

But back to the main thrust of Amelia's coment I largely agree with the points brought out above. However, the purpose of the editorial was not primarily to put down stories that have some measure of dominance or forced femination in them, but rather to encourage IPs to stand on their own feet and to make their own decisions and to acknowledge that the decisions were their own. I think Amelia perhaps missed the main point in the process of defending the nature of FPs and their stories. Some people identify so well with such a dominated heroine that it in- hibits the development of their own independence and responsibility. That is why I wrote the editorial in the first place to encourage FPs to be self directed and not to become dependent on anyone or anything out- side whether real or fantasied; whether religious or metaphysical.

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