CynthiaWVirginia
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Joined: 2/28/2010 From: West Virginia, USA Status: offline
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I admit I spent a long time sorting through some very old papers from the back of my desk drawer, seeing what I could toss and what I needed to keep. I admit that some of the papers were over half a dozen years old and had missed earlier cullings. I admit that I almost threw away one folded over paper, the front side had info on how to download Stinger, by Avert. I admit that I started screaming when I opened up the paper and saw more writing. I lost touch with a friend years back when my old computer bit the dust, taking with it my address book and stuff I had tucked into a Word document and meant to put on a disk... I admit that my friend is/was an editor who had two or three of her own books accepted and waiting for publication. The waiting seemed like forever and my staying in remission for any kind of time didn't look good...so she sent me an advance copy of her first book through a file. I admit I didn't read it because, as I told her, I was saving it for the next time I had to go through chemo, to make me feel better. I admit I stayed in remission and this ancient rattletrap computer I am on will not be nice to that disk, so I have never read her book. I admit a year or two ago she sent me a Christmas or birthday card for the very first time...through snail mail, and...aargh...gawd...I could not possibly read that handwriting to save my life! I admit I have her old address (a family home) in hand now, and plan to buy that first book as soon as payday rolls around, cuz that girl owes me an autograph. I still cannot believe that I found her right when I was giving up looking on Amazon, first under the book name (dozens of books by that name by different authors), then under the name of her publisher. What are the odds of someone writing fantasy under their own full name and not some pen name? I admit I totally suck at looking things up on the internet. I am amazed that I found her, and yes, there was even a picture. <grins> I admit I am terrible at writing letters and prefer the phone or typing an email. I admit that I have several friends I wish I could look up but alas, when women marry or divorce, their last name often changes. Also, I am horrible about remembering last names. (Hides her face from several friends at CM...um, yes...even you.) I admit that now I know what books C has had published, I am curious about another editor/author friend I lost track of. J never told me what her book was about so I am clueless, but I hope she has done as well as C. Both deserve nothing but the best.
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