"Yog's Law" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2000 January 11, red_...@my-deja.com, “researching the world's most outrageous scams”, in alt.writing.scams (Usenet)",
          "text": "One more thing ... and you can quote me ... To avoid being scammed, remember Yog's Law: \"Money flows _toward_ the writer.\"",
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          "ref": "2006 June 30, James D. Macdonald, “Yog's Law”, in SFF Net, archived from the original on 2006-09-27",
          "text": "That radicalized me. Since then I've seen it as my duty to warn naive writers of the dangers of the fee-charging agents and the pay-to-play vanity presses. But how to do it? What simple meme could spread out in the new-writer community to serve as a tripwire? Answer: Yog's Law. ¶ Money flows toward the writer.",
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          "ref": "2017, John Scalzi, Don't Live for Your Obituary: Advice, Commentary and Personal Observations on Writing, 2008–2017, Burton, M.I.: Subterranean Press, page 168",
          "text": "[Harry] Connolly is correct that the rise of digital self-publishing puts a new wrinkle on things. I disagree, however, that it means Yog's Law no longer generally holds.",
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