It is actually kind of ironic that this thread would be started when it was. I posted a new piece of fiction "Clark's Card" today. I had written it, along with the feedback post, a few week's ago, and had forgotten that it would be pertinent to this thread.
As I mentioned in my request-for-feedback post, after I wrote my story, I read a story by another author that used some similar terminology. At the time, I had been concerned about possible accusations of plagiarism, and so I ran the relevant parts of both stories by LabRat. She didn't think the similarities were sufficient enough to post a problem, so I didn't revise my story. But I did make a point of referring to the other story in my request-for-feedback post just to be extra safe. (Thanks again, Labrat!
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Joy,
Lynn
