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As of Today...

Nothing is certainly new. My fingers are still crossed, regarding Marvel. I really think I put together an ambitious letter inquiry for them. Now, if I could just get them to want to see my writing...

If not, I will do my best to overwhelm their mail department with inquiry letters for the next few weeks. Eventually, someone's going to write back.

I still haven't touched UNIQUE. This has to be a good thing. This is the longest I have gone without opening up the story and fixing something.

The movie script project has been without attention lately, too. How unfortunate is the only thing I can think of. For thirty pages I was bursting with energy and creativity. I think I really got caught up in the BLADE script, and that settled me down for a few weeks. I need to get the enthusiasm back!

And then there's school. Astronomy is the only class that can retain my interest for an hour and a half. But it's good to have the history lessons refreshed in my mind. It's good to remember how this thing we call America got started; and that was with the help of generations of British, French, Spanish and Dutch, and later Irish, German and Italian, settlers. It's comforting knowing so many put so much into this country as early as five hundred years ago. I wonder what they would think of it all now?

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  1. Just dropped by to share a cuppa and a chat with you. Hope all's well

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  2. great to know you are still with me, Elton.

    Best wishes

    Annie

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