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#I'm back

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#47704From: Lynne EllinwoodMay 5, 1993 2:03 AM
Jack, Thanks . . . I was hoping you could suggest a Sprint-to-WP conversion program. Will tell Ray to get the Citation file: he's learning to use CIS and TAPCIS, and needs something to download. So far your recommendations have all "proved out" very successfully for us. Yes, I'd figured out that DANCING GODS was a little different, but satire is just what I needed. The sword named Irving is wonderful, and I especially identify with Joe and Marge, because our first two printers are named Joe and Marge (Margery, not Marjorie [but she was almost a Marjorie]). (Our experience has been that complicated machinery works more reliably if given names.) I'll get to your other series eventually. Actually, I picked GODS because of the Book Five plot summary you posted for the "invaders." It sounded like a lot of fun, but I couldn't figure out how you were going to get all that "takeoff" stuff into a sci-fi fantasy context. Now I see, and am looking forward to it more than ever. (As a former editor, I'm not going to ask questions about an unwritten novel.) BTW, I'm still a little bothered about Marge's clothing, but I suppose that there's nothing to be done, as long as it's in the Rules.<VBG> Cleverly handled . . . . Lynne
#47712From: Jack L. ChalkerMay 5, 1993 4:33 AM
Sorry, Lynne, but naked wimmen is one of my trademarks. If I leave 'em out my editors (usually women, by the way) want to know why….
#47899From: Lynne EllinwoodMay 7, 1993 12:06 PM
Jack, I thought it was spelled "nekked wimmen."<g> But you do have a flair. Marge's original costume was so intriguing, it's a wonder you haven't been approached by Frederick's of Hollywood.<vbg> Lynne