Today I received an e-mail I've been expecting for about six weeks now.
It's from a reader of “Make-Believe.”
The story hit close to home for him. He lost his brother-in-law in Iraq.
The characters, the emotions rang true, he wrote. He said he was touched.
I've written back to everyone that's written me about the story, over a hundred people thus far. I'm going to write this correspondent back as well. Not tonight–I need to sleep on it, decide what to write.
It rang true.
Published by Allyn
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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