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[paulhaines]

If you google "Paul Haines" most likely you are going to get a first page where that "Paul Haines" is me. (So to all my friends who hadn't read my blog because they couldn't remember what it was called, I need some better excuses).

Anyway, being a man with a monster of an ego, I have Google Alerts set up to alert to my presence on the web. And if

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[taliehelene]

I take credit for the former bit of promo. I *wish* I was responsible for the latter.

I'll see you at the VWC panel 'Facts about Speculative Fiction' - will we get any 'Spurious Rumours about Speculative Fiction'?

[paulhaines]

With the way that copy has come out, I was expecting something more like:

"Honesty Near Ideal Lie"

[ex_benpayne119]

You should use this as your new bio!

[paulhaines]

I was thinking of sticking some of this up on my website, no explanations. in the heading part of the page. It is wonderfully bad.

[ex_benpayne119]

My favourite part is where you're nominated in the general direction of the Ditmars :-)

[ex_benpayne119]

I thought the same thing - great bio - the only one that has surpassed it was the Duffy's, for some mag or other, in which he tells us what his favourite fruit is.

AB

suppositive fiction

[plonkmonster]

Suppositive fiction means you insert it in your rectum, doesn't it? Bloody hell, Haines, being rectum-free you can't even consume your own work!

Re: suppositive fiction

[paulhaines]

Actually I can, it just makes my work that bit more dangerous and edgier.

[chuckmck1]

Come clean, Paul - you copied this straight from your chinese DVD-player manual, didn't you?

[paulhaines]

scrub scrub! we play no bad sector region free! Simply turn page for good time and most pleasurable.

[ext_176383]

Ha, I have the same Google Alert system. Some other damn Max Barry has just got a job writing articles about the NFL for a sports website; I'm so sick of him.

[paulhaines]

Hell, he doesn't occassionally mention Richmond by mistake does he?