Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club   Bellona Times Search for
word or phrase: Responses welcomed . . . 2002-05-12  Results of
Tonight's Literary Salon Discussion of Recent Proofreading Jobs
1. Science fiction blockbuster proposal (by Lisa Goldstein,
David Cleary, & Ray Davis):     The Viscous Circle - Enslaved
humankind suffers under the alien yolk!    2. Obituary (by Lisa
Goldstein, Darrend Brown, & Ray Davis):     I first met John Doe
forty years ago. At that time, I was an unknown struggling young
writer fresh from the sticks and green as grass. But soon
afterwards I learned proper story construction and bought a
second-hand dictionary. I walked with corrected posture and a
spring in my step, and I stopped wearing ties that clashed with
my suit. Many novels were published. Many were treated kindly.
And today I can look back with pride and satisfaction and with
no little affection for that unpolished young man.      Yes,
this indeed was John Doe.  . . . 2002-05-14  Make the voices
stop  At a similar lite