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Entry, Three Parts
Jan. 3rd, 2009 10:25 amPart One
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marthawells, Friends of Ed Bryant: Over the last few years, Ed has fallen on hard times due to financial complications from his heart bypass surgery in 2004, a limited income stream, and predatory actions by individuals who took advantage of Ed's kindness. At one point, Ed (who is also a Type-I diabetic) did not have funds available to purchase insulin and was in danger of foreclosure on his house. Thankfully, friends and caregivers stepped in to handle those troubles, but Ed is still facing a long uphill battle to satisfy his financial and medical responsibilities.
To that end, a third party trust fund has been set up for Ed at the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities. The paypal link is on Friends of Ed Bryant. If you can't donate and would like to help, please pass the info on.
Part Two
I now have an 8GB thumbdrive (replacing the 512MB one you might have seen before suspended around my neck). It is embarrassing to note that after I have loaded on ALL of my writing, all the photo files associated with my writing, all the publications, etc.....there's still 7.23 GB left unused. I feel small.
Part Three
Prompted bysarah_prineas and her "Kill Your Darlings" initiative, I'm posting a darling that I had to take out of my recent The Dragon's Child from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
( clip behind the cut )
One of the people on the Beneath Ceaseless Skies forum remarked that he thought the story might have done better as a novel (too much packed into 9K). I have to admit, he might have it right there. ;o) I love going long-winded!
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marthawells, Friends of Ed Bryant: Over the last few years, Ed has fallen on hard times due to financial complications from his heart bypass surgery in 2004, a limited income stream, and predatory actions by individuals who took advantage of Ed's kindness. At one point, Ed (who is also a Type-I diabetic) did not have funds available to purchase insulin and was in danger of foreclosure on his house. Thankfully, friends and caregivers stepped in to handle those troubles, but Ed is still facing a long uphill battle to satisfy his financial and medical responsibilities.To that end, a third party trust fund has been set up for Ed at the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities. The paypal link is on Friends of Ed Bryant. If you can't donate and would like to help, please pass the info on.
Part Two
I now have an 8GB thumbdrive (replacing the 512MB one you might have seen before suspended around my neck). It is embarrassing to note that after I have loaded on ALL of my writing, all the photo files associated with my writing, all the publications, etc.....there's still 7.23 GB left unused. I feel small.
Part Three
Prompted by
sarah_prineas and her "Kill Your Darlings" initiative, I'm posting a darling that I had to take out of my recent The Dragon's Child from Beneath Ceaseless Skies. ( clip behind the cut )
One of the people on the Beneath Ceaseless Skies forum remarked that he thought the story might have done better as a novel (too much packed into 9K). I have to admit, he might have it right there. ;o) I love going long-winded!
