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   bobthrollop@gmail.com to Bill Swears   
   Re: World SF 2015, Sasquan   
   28 Aug 15 20:35:43   
   
   On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 9:22:57 PM UTC-7, Bill Swears wrote:   
   > I'm going.  Sorry I've dropped from the roles lately, but I was lead   
   > writer for a court mandated 1600 page Supplemental Environmental Impact   
   > Statement and then a statutorily mandated environmental assessment of   
   > Shell's plans to conduct exploration drilling over the next few years.   
   > We lost five people to early retirement or just quitting over the pace   
   > and the insanity.   
   >   
   > But I hung in, and read that document several times, editing about six   
   > versions of everything that any of our subject matter experts submitted.   
   >   It was long and painful, and I put the whole world on hold while it   
   > went on.   
   >   
   > But I'm back.  And I'm going to Sasquan.  And to add confusion to the   
   > world, I plan to post some stories to the e-book world in preparation.   
   >   
   > Bill   
   > --   
   > Bill Swears   
   > http://www.billswears.com/   
   > Zook Country - http://twilighttimesbooks.com/ZookCountry_ch1.html   
   > 	Also at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine ebook emporia.   
   > Puppies - http://www.mtaonline.net/~wswears/   
   > Opinions - http://wswears.livejournal.com/   
      
   Sorry you weren't able to make it.  I wasn't either, in spite of being closer,   
   due to faily stuff.   
      
   In other news, rocket science ITRW is looking like a more promising career   
   than it has in a long, long, time...example:  http://www.blacksky.com/news/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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