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   Message 142,934 of 144,800   
   Dorothy J Heydt to J.Pascal   
   Re: Jo Walton signing   
   26 May 14 14:57:22   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <44214ea7-ce95-4c07-b7c4-e7623a33ec6e@googlegroups.com>,   
   J.Pascal  wrote:   
   >On Sunday, May 25, 2014 8:28:24 PM UTC-6, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>   
   >> J.Pascal  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Hey! Jo Walton is going to be in my city in four weeks to do a signing.   
   >>   
   >> >Very cool!   
   >>   
   >> Indeed.  What is your city?   
   >   
   >I'm in Albuquerque now.   
   >   
   >> >  I'm gonna go meet someone from rasfc in person.  I don't   
   >>   
   >> >know if I've ever actually done that before.  Ever.   
   >>   
   >> Well ... you've met me.   
   >   
   >   
   >ACK!  Yes, yes I have!  And I got you to sign the books I have, too.   
   >   
   >And actually, I learned something really important from you, which was   
   >to not resist input on a critique, even though you were the published   
   >novelist and we were wanna-bes.   
      
   Heh.  I also learned to take the input and consider it carefully   
   as to whether to use it or not.   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
   Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.   
   Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.   
      
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