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It looks like I've gotten pretty far behind, not to mention out-dated.

My take on the five things meme:

1. Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks once called me on the phone.

2. I had a friend my freshman year of college with whom I spent a great deal of time without ever having any clue as to his name.

3. I've never broken a bone or had surgery.

4. Someone once wrote an academic paper about me.

5. My high school advisor approved me to take AP Physics and AP Calculus, but said that I wasn't smart enough for AP English.

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Beta-Reader Appreciation Day (five days later)

Thanks...

...to Kyrie Daniels and estirose who were my first beta readers and who taught me more about writing than all my English profs put together.

...to tptigger who slugged though draft after draft of "Grimm's Law" for three years and never tried to have me committed.

...to sage_theory and darthanne who make nice surfaces for bouncing ideas from, and who have been privy to lots of stories that just haven't been written yet. Also for their help on "Grimm's Law."

...to Nigel Mitchell and Jules Reynolds who I miss, and who helped me immensely on "When the Music Stops."

...to altrn8realities for all the long chats we used to have from which neat ideas were born.

...to everyone who has helped in even the smallest way.