DCML Digest, Vol 99, Issue 1

[Olivier]

>>>>>> I read a few posts but it does not mean much to me. [...]
>>>>>> I have not read the 100s of pages and with quite a few being in
Italian
>>>>>> I am not sure how much I would get out of it for my time spent.

Too much to sift through, indeed.



>>>> And to be honest I am not even sure what I would ask him.
>>>> I know his name because of what he produced for me to read.
>>>> I suppose I really have no wish to know much more then that.
>>>> I guess I am odd like that. The works are more important then the man?
(Is that possible?)

>>>> matt


Do you skip the notes he has written on certain stories, whether for
Gladstone, Gemstone or Boom?
If not, then that's the sort of  thing one might ask; the writing of  a
story can be as interesting as the story itself, and you may also easily
miss some references, so being able to discuss the stories (and their
various printed versions) with the author is a wonderful thing.
However, as you said, while the Internet makes such exchanges a lot easier,
the good stuff can easily be drowned under silly things, and the authors may
eventually shun such exchanges-- which already are very time-consuming when
only considering quality contributions.



Olivier