Well, I don't expect to be nominated for the Supreme Court anytime soon, and sanitizing history is rude. So, given that I yam what I yam--and I was in fact standing there wearing those clothes--I might as well cop to it.
In truth, the really scary thing is that nobody else seemed to consider the outfit especially outrageous. Even Carol, God love 'er.
Of course, the real crime of those clothes is that they were a cruel joke on younger relatives. My older brother had some a lot like them, and they were in style for *him* in the late 60s/early 70s. But, by the time they got handed down to *me* in the late 70s, I was stuck with stuff that people were now willing to admit was ludicrous.
Foo! Great duds! Although it proves that one thing is true through the ages - when you've got your arm around a pretty girl, whatever you're wearing looks good.
Totally off topic: I just found your blog because I found you on LibraryThing - I enjoyed the heck out of The Cunning Blood! I had actually read the first few chapters, which you'd posted on your site, in 2002(ish). When I changed PCs six times, I lost the pdf, and went to find it again. You can imagine my delight when I found it on Amazon! (I'm certain it was not comprable to *your* delight, but still.)
I'm new to LibraryThing, but I've been the Big Ugly Man Doll for a while here on LJ. May I add you to my Friends list? And, while I'm asking questions, can we expect more from smartassed Nine and godlike 10?
Glad to have found you here! Hope all's well, and congratulations (however belatedly) on getting Cunning Blood into print!
As someone else said in a recent email about that photo: "Dood, that girl must have REALLY loved you." Yes, she did--and still does, 39 years after I met her. (I dress much better now.)
As for The Cunning Blood, well, thanks. Really. I put a huge amount of energy into that thing, and I'm still annoyed that I couldn't even get publishers to return my emails. I don't write a lot of SF, and I don't have much of a reputation, so publishers were afraid to take a chance on me. I'm not sure what the general solution to that problem may be, especially considering the lousy place that publishing is in right now.
As for what's next, I'm not completely sure. There is a sequel in conceptual stages, and possibly a third book, but I'm not a Raman and don't feel obliged to do everything in threes. The Molten Flesh doesn't concern the Sangruse Device so much as Protea, another nanomachine that focuses on optimizing human physiology at the subcellular level in various interesting ways. Protea allows its operators to become shape-shifters. They can
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Whups. Forgot to answer the friending question, but sure! I didn't know I needed to give you permission to friend me. I put you on my friends list and have been catching up on your recent posts.
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Totally off topic: I just found your blog because I found you on LibraryThing - I enjoyed the heck out of The Cunning Blood! I had actually read the first few chapters, which you'd posted on your site, in 2002(ish). When I changed PCs six times, I lost the pdf, and went to find it again. You can imagine my delight when I found it on Amazon! (I'm certain it was not comprable to *your* delight, but still.)
I'm new to LibraryThing, but I've been the Big Ugly Man Doll for a while here on LJ. May I add you to my Friends list? And, while I'm asking questions, can we expect more from smartassed Nine and godlike 10?
Glad to have found you here! Hope all's well, and congratulations (however belatedly) on getting Cunning Blood into print!
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As for The Cunning Blood, well, thanks. Really. I put a huge amount of energy into that thing, and I'm still annoyed that I couldn't even get publishers to return my emails. I don't write a lot of SF, and I don't have much of a reputation, so publishers were afraid to take a chance on me. I'm not sure what the general solution to that problem may be, especially considering the lousy place that publishing is in right now.
As for what's next, I'm not completely sure. There is a sequel in conceptual stages, and possibly a third book, but I'm not a Raman and don't feel obliged to do everything in threes. The Molten Flesh doesn't concern the Sangruse Device so much as Protea, another nanomachine that focuses on optimizing human physiology at the subcellular level in various interesting ways. Protea allows its operators to become shape-shifters. They can ( ... )
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