From: brendawriter@yahoo.com   
      
   On 4/14/2016 12:31 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   > On 2016-04-14 02:27:34 +0000, Brenda said:   
   >   
   >> Four or five years ago I went to a sushi lunch with Madeleine Robins   
   >> in San Francisco, and we rapidly sketched out a fascinating story set   
   >> in 1865. We agreed to co-author it. Volleys of email flew. An Excel   
   >> time line was generated. Some epistolatory ms flew back and forth. But   
   >> it refused to take off and fly, and eventually we both moved on to   
   >> other, less recalcitrant projects.   
   >>   
   >> Fast forward to this February. A slot in an anthology appeared. I went   
   >> to the tangle of story idea and turned the heap over and over with a   
   >> hay fork. There was an end sticking out. I grabbed it and pulled, and   
   >> it didn't break off. I tied a slip knot in it and cast on, and it   
   >> still didn't break off. so I knitted it as fast as I could. In three   
   >> days it was a short story, four thousand words. It is a little, but   
   >> not much like, the original story as Mad and I sketched out. I sent it   
   >> to her and asked her if she wanted to tinker with it, but she agreed   
   >> that it was perfect as it was. So! "Mr. Lincoln's Elephant" will   
   >> appear in July, at Westercon.   
   >>   
   >> Brneda   
   >   
   > Is Rama IV of Siam involved?   
   >   
      
      
   Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam were going to actually appear,   
   but in the re-do they have moved off stage. One of the things that had   
   to happen was to drastically focus and tighten the story. It'll be out   
   in July.   
      
   Brenda   
      
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