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Subject: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Amos Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:20 AM Friends, strangers, and cautious neutrals, I am of mixed minds about this (and what else is new?) but I am going to sharply trim my MudCat time for a while. The reason is that thanks to my friends on the 'Cat, an eight-year old writing project, badly stalled, has taken on some new life and may in fact bid fair for completion after all this time!! As I am expecting a full set of edits to arrive tomorrw I will be withdrawing into the writer's hole at the back of my place in every spare minute until I have wrassled this bar down. I have arranged for other voices to operate my fiction chracters in these parts, and the swelling ranks of the Song Challenge participants will certainly ensure these stay full of high zest and exuberant scansions...and that the Gaelic Goddess and all the other luscious cyberlasses of the Cat get their fair share of winks, nods, and flatterin' charm...I am sure Big Mick could help here. :>).
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: katlaughing Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:28 AM This better NOT be a swan song, Amos! And, I want an advanced copy of the book! luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,Guest Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:29 AM I'm a newbie, am already addicted and missing you already! Write fast!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Mbo Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:30 AM Man, Amos I hope you get your writing done! It sound like QUITE an accomplishment! I'm gonna miss you, Amos. I love you like a father. Thanks for being my friend. And good luck on the book! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: ddw Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:30 AM Hope the muse is good to you, Amos. I'm sure we'll all miss your sage comments. Does this mean Barky will get to take a turn on the computer once in a while? Come back well. david |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,Guest Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:31 AM This isn't the April Fools prank we've been warned about....? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Amos Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:33 AM No, (LOL!) no prank, and Barky will be around using her own computer. This is NOT going to be easy.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: ddw Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:34 AM Naw... First, it's too early. Second, Amos doesn't have to do anything to make a lot of us look like April fools — compared to what the man knows we can do that quite nicely on our own. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: catspaw49 Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:34 AM I'm a bit envious. I know you'll stay in touch though and I thank you for letting us all know. Cutting your time doesn't mean stopping entirely though......give us an hour every few days just to let us know you're alive. But do finish the book project and get back here soon my friend. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,Guest Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:35 AM If not April Fool's, then Lent? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Callie Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:43 AM Should have guessed you were a writer in non-Cat space!! All the very best of luck and PLEASE come back. We are poorer for your absence. --Callie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: JenEllen Date: 31 Mar 00 - 12:45 AM So glad to hear the block had been lifted!!!! You know we'll all miss you terribly, but we wish you the best. All the winks and smiles in the world won't make up for one of yours. Put me on the list for a book right after kat, and be good to yourself. Luv, Elle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Escamillo Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:46 AM Best of luck in your work, Amos - You don´t need to disappear , drop some lines please. Un abrazo - Andrés |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,Neil Lowe Date: 31 Mar 00 - 06:56 AM Good luck and Godspeed... Neil |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 31 Mar 00 - 07:59 AM Come back soon mate. Yours, Aye. Dave |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: jeffp Date: 31 Mar 00 - 08:52 AM Good luck with the book and keep us posted on progress. We'll miss you. You've become a big part of the scene here in a short time. jeffp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Crowhugger Date: 31 Mar 00 - 09:10 AM Amos, Thanks for letting us know. A visit from the Muse of Self-discipline is the gift of magic for a writer. Who but our Amos would know simply to welcome her with grace. When you surface now and then to blow and take on air, we'll be there - after all, some 'Cats love water and some 'Cats can fly. Fly no doubt we shall, swarming to catch droplets as they cool and fall back to the sea. After you've dived back to work, we'll peer at these droplets of Amos we caught, warm them on our hand and in the sun, and try with all our might to know and conjur that Muse for ourselves. It sounds like you are doing what you're called to do with all the love you have, Amos. As far as I know, life doesn't get any better than that. Good on ya! CH P.S. Please don't forget Canadian distribution! Unless of course it's "Gardening in Zones 8 and Up" ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: MMario Date: 31 Mar 00 - 09:22 AM so what's the proper "Good Luck!" wish to a writer? "Break a pen?" Hope the block stays unblocked and the words lead wither they should. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: wysiwyg Date: 31 Mar 00 - 09:32 AM Awww, he got me again. The Mudcat is the FOURTH dimension, I had it as number two!!!!! Must be why the 'Cat is so pow'ful. Go in peace, Amos. I know you'll do good. ~Susan~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: TerriM Date: 31 Mar 00 - 01:15 PM I'm humming encouraging hums such as will sustain and comfort a writer temporarily absent from his cyber-buddies as I type...good luck from a Bear of Far Too Little Brain to Write a Note to the Milkman Let Alone a Book! Terri |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Little Neophyte Date: 31 Mar 00 - 01:43 PM All the best of luck Amos. Just think how much you will appreciate us when you come back. Or is that, how much we will appreciate you. Right, just think of how much we will appreciate you when you return. Thanks for letting us know, Little Neo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Rick Fielding Date: 31 Mar 00 - 02:00 PM I'm envious. I've had tons of spare time, and still haven't written "that" book. Lotsa funny stories, and potentially lotsa not so funny lawsuits. Enjoy your writing. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: simon-pierre Date: 31 Mar 00 - 02:04 PM Hey, I already had enough difficulties to read your posts, and now a whole book... What a headache I'll had... Let me know for the translation... Good Luck! SP |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,GuestKatee Date: 31 Mar 00 - 02:14 PM Amos, with all the love and energy that's coming your way, the muse is dancing with delight for the good company! All the best to you, and be sure to stay in touch. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: MK Date: 31 Mar 00 - 02:21 PM All the best to you Amos. Hurray back. We need you here to help maintain sanity. 8-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Willie-O Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:25 PM Go ahead, Amos, pull the plug for awhile--I know the conflict it entails, but it's good for ya. We'll sure miss ya though. I might be on my own summer break by the time you're back. Thanks for all the encouraging words, mon. Now get to work! Bill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Peter T. Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:32 PM Good luck, Amos. I know how hard it is to get started, and how good it feels to keep going. yours, Peter |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Rick Fielding Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:34 PM Question. Michael K. What do the symbols mean after your name? I know I'm dumb, but I gots to know. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: MMario Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:36 PM Rick, he's either wide eyed, or wearing glasses.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Caitrin Date: 31 Mar 00 - 03:48 PM Best of luck, Amos! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: MK Date: 31 Mar 00 - 05:02 PM Rick, there is a computer term (the name of which escapes me for the moment) that refers to ASCI based characters to exhibit expressions and moods, attached to text. If you rest your head on your left shoulder and look at the symbols posted, sideways, you'll see it's supposed to be a smiling face...I use it instead of typing *BG* (for big grin.)
Here would be my example of a sad, or pissed off face. Now you get it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: fulurum Date: 31 Mar 00 - 05:25 PM best of luck amos. you know as i well as i do that this place is just like a soap opera on tv. you walk away for 6 months and you come right back into where you left off. whats your book about? can we read it sitting in plain sight or do we have to read it in the closet with a flashlight. the pens trace remains, though the hand that held it dies. irish proverb hope you last as long as your words fulurum |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 31 Mar 00 - 05:44 PM Most TV soap operas, come back after six months, and all the same things are happening, but the people doing them are strangers you've never seen before.
Anyway, if you can dip in from time to time, do. (Except that it's a bit hard to stop after the first little dip...)
Maybe you could share some work in progress, and head off without reading enough posts to get hooked.
And you might find yourself getting a few Personal Messages. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Little Neophyte Date: 01 Apr 00 - 01:32 AM Well Michael K, when I turn my head and rest it on my left shoulder and look sideways at that last face you typed, the face looks very scared and lost. Goodnight, Little Neo needs some sleep |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Lonesome EJ Date: 01 Apr 00 - 01:42 AM Amos...see you down the road, brother LEJ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Amos Date: 22 Feb 03 - 10:42 PM It's been three years. Obviously my plug-pulling needs a little practice, huh?? The book is finished. I am trawling through it trying to identify the hiatuses and gaps and fix them so it is the best I can make it. After that, it is in the hands of the pre-fabricated gods and goddesses of our miraculous marketplace. There are many among you who have given me a lot of the most valuable sort of support and friendship and communication along this road, and you know who you are and I just want to add, I appreciate it more than I can say. On to the next milestone..... Amos |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: The Pooka Date: 22 Feb 03 - 11:10 PM Congratulations, Amos! Hip hip, hurrah!!! Well done thou true & faithful servant.../ Hey, 3 years is fast, sez I. Really. Wot's yer hurry, ain't choo nevvah hoid of Irish Time? / Nun the Less, when those prefab deities Strung out in Alan Greenspan's 11th Dimension decree, mirabile dictu, that we can buy the book, please let us know. Gots to have it. "Obviously my plug-pulling needs a little practice, huh??" *Practice*? Naaah, not yours; that would be Mr. 'Spaw's plug-pulling, so I'm told. ("Say, boy, how d'ya get to Carnegie Hall?"...Now *there's* a *concert*. Practice makes Prefect, right? Hey I oughta know; I'm Catt-lik, Fadduh. :) Good work, Amos. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: MMario Date: 22 Feb 03 - 11:56 PM I'd been wondering about that....but heck - you also produced 5 CD's during that time!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Tinker Date: 23 Feb 03 - 12:13 AM Amos, a simple look at the data says you done real good. Since this thread started you've made about 8810 posts.... but comparing the frequency at the beginning of this thread ( almost 200 per week) to current level ( 200 per 2 weeks) and the book is done, and the CD's are distributed and you seem to still have a non-virtual life...BG...CONGRADULATIONS !!! Tinker |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: Amos Date: 23 Feb 03 - 12:36 AM Tinker, Very sweet of you to count the stats! :>) Thanks, guys. There's another mountain on top of this one that you only see when you get near the top, but, hey, anything's possible if you put your butt down to it, I believe! And no, it's not Gardening Above the 32d Parallel. :>) A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Retreat Into 3 DImensions From: GUEST,amergin Date: 23 Feb 03 - 12:40 AM not to mention making it a trip to the nw gathering...hope to see you there this summer.. |