Saturday, January 21, 2006

A public thanks

To one of my favourite authors, S.L. Viehl, or Lynn Viehl, or Jessica Hall, or Gena Hale - she has so many pseudonyms is a wonder she's not suffering from multiple personalities. Oh, she's also Rebecca Kelly (I think) but I don't read those books.

Over at Paperback Writer, S.L.'s weblog, she had a competition for her latest sci-fi book. Rather than select the winners from all the entries, she chose to give every entrant a copy; signed, too. It shows a remarkable generosity of spirit - which she'd deny - and a wonderful dichotomy of personality even when threatening to delete her weblog and to be rid of us all. She is a private person willing to share - her stories, both real and imagined - her time - though she has precious little of it - and her craft - of which she is becoming a master.

So thank you, S.L. Viehl, from me, all the way across the other side of the world.

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