--- Johne Cook <johne.cook at gmail.com> wrote: ... > It's true - Steve was a huge inspiration while I was preparing for > this; Steve, and my unshaken belief that the creative process is a > gift from the Christian God whom I believe in and attempt to serve, > with fear, trembling, and a keen sense of hypocrisy. I'm also a > hardcore PC FPS gamer, so one wonders how devout I could be, and far > be it from me to defend myself on that score. ... Did Jesus say anything against gaming? It might be frivolous, but let him who is without recreation cast the first stone. > There's an energy and ambition in the writing of _Jhereg_, for > example, that overcomes a multitude of sins and set the stage for > great works later on. You can see Steve mature and develop with each > new book, and if he did it, I told myself that it is theoretically > possible for myself to walk that path as well. Well said. Jerry Friedman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com