Here's the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award. I should point a couple of members are on the ballot. NOVEL *From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury (Morrow)...
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David Bain
davidbainaa
Apr 2, 2002 4:12 am
Hi all! In case anyone's interested, I've got a fun little short-short live at ShadowKeep. It's available on its own page online or in the complete pdf issue. ...
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kainja2001
Apr 2, 2002 5:59 am
Hi David, I read your story, "book worm." cool. I liked it. I'll have to check out your poetry mag. best, Charles Gramlich...
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ktveagle
Apr 2, 2002 6:54 am
That was funny! I will have to check out the rest of the zine. The photo on your web page is scary! Kendall...
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ktveagle
Apr 2, 2002 6:55 am
How are things with the movie? Kendall...
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delstonejr
Apr 2, 2002 3:29 pm
The newspaper wants me to resume my column. I haven't written one in at least two years. I'm tempted, as it always kept me in a writing frame of mind. But it...
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richardbamberg
Apr 2, 2002 8:32 pm
Do it. You know you want to. You know you like it. You know you like making fun of that goofy character who has a column at your paper. Did he die? Oh,...
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emerkel2000
Apr 3, 2002 1:47 pm
... just ... Del: A kol is the best toy a boy ever had, at least in the world of journalism. I still miss the semi-instant gratification of delighting, ...
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David Bain
davidbainaa
Apr 3, 2002 2:45 pm
Del: Geez, columns! I'm a bureau chief for my paper and used to have to write one weekly for the Sunday paper. It was easy then and I placed second in a...
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pdcacek
Apr 3, 2002 3:43 pm
... in ... delighting, ... Del . . . Sorry I didn't answer before this -- have been fighting a cold/flu/whatever and was only able to crawl to my computer this...
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delstonejr
Apr 3, 2002 6:07 pm
Ahhh ... developments. The newspaper may withdraw its request that I resume my column. I attached so many conditions to writing the column, I think the editor...
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richardbamberg
Apr 3, 2002 7:25 pm
Del, Like I keep saying, you need to do novels, make enough money to quit your day job, and then tell the local editors to get a life. Not just in fun, Richard...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 3:49 am
Check out the following essay: http://www.revolutionsf.com/article/1056.html Del...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 3:50 am
cabana (kuh-BAHN-uh) noun 1. A shelter on a beach or swimming pool. 2. A cabin or cottage. [From Spanish cabana, from Late Latin capanna (hut).] Would it...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 4:09 am
Hi Richard, If the course you're taking helps you become more productive as a writer then use whatever it teaches you to produce that extra material. I read...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 4:10 am
well, that all sounds great, but first I gotta convince some publisher to give me $40k for a book....
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richardbamberg
Apr 4, 2002 2:34 pm
... publisher ... You know, it occurs to me that the only people who get huge advances (okay large not huge) are non-fiction writers. Usually only when they...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 4:03 pm
Ugh. I'll pass on Clinton's book. I've got a couple of random things to get sorted out and then it's off to the novel!...
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delstonejr
Apr 4, 2002 6:40 pm
Wellllll ... it seems I won't be writing a column after all. They've decided to split the vacant day with two other people who wanted to write columns....
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richardbamberg
Apr 4, 2002 6:49 pm
... They've ... Good, now you have no excuses left for not finishing that novel. And what's up with working weekends at that paper. They pay for 40 they get...
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jnassise
Apr 4, 2002 7:05 pm
Free Issue of Planet Pulp Magazine Available Welcome to Planet Pulp! Each month, you'll get the world of genre fiction (mystery, horror, fantasy, thrillers,...
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delstonejr
Apr 5, 2002 2:11 am
New Hollywood Standards? Found the following on CNET, here's a quick summary of the article: "Seven major U.S. film studios said Tuesday that they have joined...
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delstonejr
Apr 5, 2002 2:18 am
Thanks to our own Garrett Peck I'll have a story in the upcoming "Tooth and Claw" antho. My story is called "My Duty as a Man" and uses the creatures in my...
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delstonejr
Apr 5, 2002 2:20 am
mesa (MAY-suh) noun A flat-top land formation with steep sides. A mesa is an area bigger than a butte but smaller than a plateau. [From Spanish mesa (table),...
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Richard Lee
richard_lee_...
Apr 5, 2002 10:11 am
Hi Del Thanks for the help. You're the only person to reply with advice. I will go through it again and do some weeding. By the way: Who's Han Gurber of Die...
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ktveagle
Apr 5, 2002 4:21 pm
Get ready, it's coming! Think fast! Killer asteroid coming in 2880 Guy Gugliotta - Washington Post Friday, April 5, 2002 The bad news is, there's an asteroid...
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delstonejr
Apr 5, 2002 7:12 pm
Richard, I didn't realize you live in NZ! Anyway, in the Bruce Willis movie "Die Hard," which came out a few years ago, there's a terrorist named Hans Gruber....
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delstonejr
Apr 6, 2002 5:46 am
Apparently Penguin/Putnam has changed the title of Earl's novel from "Flu Season," a tight, efficient and highly evocative name for a book, to "Final...
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tswdaw
Apr 6, 2002 5:37 pm
Hi, Del! The first Diehard came out in 1989. Yes, Hans Gruber was an excellent villian! The villians in the sequels, however, were quite weak. De...
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tswdaw
Apr 6, 2002 5:42 pm
"Final Epidemic," which reflects a "Movie of the Week" mentality. ... I agree, Del. I'll pray for Earl while I keep a lookout for his book. Deb...
