Subject: Re: !SKFF! Obskat: Where's The Fic.PG
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:21:11 +1000
From: nball@ug.cs.su.oz.au (Ball; Nicholas James)

 "A guy called Nick Ball has decided that the Fic list is an
> appropriate place to air his personal beliefs and problems
> without bothering to write them into a story."
>
>      "And who's helping him?"  Sam pushed.
>
>      "Johnno the first time and Roadkill the second."  Felina
> snapped without even checking her backlog messages.

The radio crackled with static. Felina picked it up and spoke briefly.
"Yes?"

"You know what gets me down? Hypothetically of course. Those people who DO
write such things into stories, with fictional characters being forced to
bear the brunt of handing out the animosities, and hassle other people with
biased views under the misconception that it's either helpful, inciteful
or..or.."

"Nick, I know it's you. Leave me alone, I've got work to do"

"Uh..no, it's not me..Uh..Alpha Beta Charlie over" the radio crackled.

"Point one", Felina began, "It's Alpha Bravo Charlie, and point two, if
you're not Nick, you won't mind saying that his wok A Very SWATTY Christmas
was pathetic for the reason it contained disguised animosities towards that
Jake Clawson, and then continue to display his shallowness by using
autobiographical features and contexts in ALL of his published works"

"You know, not ALL authors are very good you know. Nick Ball, God Bless his
soul just MAY be a good writer" Sam interjected, pocketing a cheque for
$2,000 for 'services rendered'

"Sam, you're on the take" Felina muttered, putting down the radio. "You all
are, some of you without even knowing it...you know" she continued sadly,
"sometimes I wonder if there was just a way I could just..fix everything,
and..I don't know, this shouldn't happen, I just wish I could apply myself
to something that mattered to me...".

"You should write a story sometime" the radio bluntly stated, and went dead.

Melodramatic ending, perhaps deserved.
Nick.
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