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Today, in my home town, was Old Home Day. The bosses at the small country store, who normally work the weekends, were out schmoozing the town, so I came in to work the morning-early afternoon shift. Not only was it Old Home Day, but it was the first nice day for a while, so we were SLAMMED. I mean, we had mad lots of customers.
And a strange thing happened. We always get a bunch of cyclists stopping by, because we make a very good turn around point for people coming out from the city. Anyway, two cyclists were talking about something, and I heard the name of one of them and said to myself, "Hmm, Ornath is not a common name." So I asked if I heard right and then if his last name was Liscomb. Which is was. Why is that interesting to anyone? Ornath Liscomb is the founder and editor of DargonZine. DargonZine is the e-mag of the Dargon Project, which is a collaborative writers project (all the stories set in a shared world) of which I was part of briefly, and in which my two published short stories appear. Although I eventually left it because I didn't feel I was able to spend as much time on it as it deserved, it was perhaps one of the best experiences I've had as a writer. They were *very* good at constructive criticism, at taking apart a story and saying how they felt it could be improved.
Also, Ornath worked with my brothers for a while. I can't remember if I got involved in the Dargon Project because they clued me into it, or if I got into it then learned about the connection. In any case, bros: he asked for you and says hi.
And a strange thing happened. We always get a bunch of cyclists stopping by, because we make a very good turn around point for people coming out from the city. Anyway, two cyclists were talking about something, and I heard the name of one of them and said to myself, "Hmm, Ornath is not a common name." So I asked if I heard right and then if his last name was Liscomb. Which is was. Why is that interesting to anyone? Ornath Liscomb is the founder and editor of DargonZine. DargonZine is the e-mag of the Dargon Project, which is a collaborative writers project (all the stories set in a shared world) of which I was part of briefly, and in which my two published short stories appear. Although I eventually left it because I didn't feel I was able to spend as much time on it as it deserved, it was perhaps one of the best experiences I've had as a writer. They were *very* good at constructive criticism, at taking apart a story and saying how they felt it could be improved.
Also, Ornath worked with my brothers for a while. I can't remember if I got involved in the Dargon Project because they clued me into it, or if I got into it then learned about the connection. In any case, bros: he asked for you and says hi.