It’s Alive!
Ave. I want you to know The Pencil’s still alive, albeit in a state of suspended animation.
[From “The Stars Are Ours,” Andre Norton, 1954]
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All my keyboard clackings these days are focused on writing — yes, actually writing, not just researching, woohoo! — the Charlotte Zietlow book. Damn, it’s fun! Sometimes I think the reason I’m alive is simply to get inside people’s heads and help them them tell their stories. That’s basically what I did at the Chicago Reader for some 20 years.
Anyway, I’ll get back to The Pencil as soon as I’m finished with the Charlotte project. BTW: Don’t ask me when that’ll be.
Okay. Carry on.
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Mike and Charlotte, sittin’ in a tree … W.R.I.T.I.N.G ….
Catch you on the flip-flop….