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   Dorothy J Heydt to Capuchin@jymes.com   
   Re: Anyone still here?   
   11 Sep 21 05:12:46   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
     wrote:   
   >On Wed, 8 Sep 2021 21:28:00 +0200, "A. Tina Hall"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Not much going on here for years I think, could be a welcome change to   
   >>the quiet.   
   >>   
   >>I can add bits from the stories I started that never got anywhere, maybe   
   >>alternate one you one I, per week? :)   
   >   
   >I just realized I don't remember the rules for posting, i.e. word   
   >count limit, any restrictions on content, etc..   
      
   The topic is the writing of SFF, and whatever leads to it.   
   I would say  the limit is no more than a couple of screensful.   
   >   
   >The only thing I'm even mildly interested in writing now is a treatise   
   >on how social changes have affected the regular moving/reinvention of   
   >immortals through the ages (e.g. 3rd Century -- just walk a week in   
   >any direction, and no one will suspect you're older than you look, but   
   >you can't have more wealth than you can carry; 21st Century -- can   
   >just move across the city and huge fortunes transferred   
   >electronically, but you have to forge a new biometric identity).   
      
   Sound like an interesting concept, and I for one don't remember   
   encountering it--not recently, anyway.  Go for it.   
      
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   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
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