nightwing
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2005, 08:20:19 PM » |
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What a nice thing to say, Aldous. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Ironically, just before reading your post, I went to the old Bond site, noticed it still hasn't been updated since late May, and let out a mournful sigh for the good old days. My fellow editors and I have wandered off to other pursuits and left poor old 007 in the dustbin, it seems. But there was a time I just bubbling over with ideas for articles; writing, writing, writing to get them all out and having the time of my life with -- at last -- a platform from which to share the thoughts I'd had for years. I got so many nice e-mails from those pieces, and met so many great Bond fans from all over the world. Oh well.
I have to say -- with what sounds even to me like an appalling lack of modesty -- that sometimes I read my old stuff and think it's quite good, brilliant even. The downside is that once a little time has passed and it's time to write again, I always think, "I can't write like that anymore!" Between job obligations and two kids in diapers, I'm frankly lucky to have enough brain cells to put a sentence together (unless it's "get off the coffee table!" or "stop hitting your brother!").
I was inspired by Rao's BTTA site to do my own Batman tribute, but almost as soon as he agreed to give me the space I realized I'd bitten off more than I could chew. I did have fun putting it together, design-wise, because that's something I can do in bits and pieces. But in the last couple of weeks, I realized, "I'm going to need some written content, too," and so, dutifully...painfully, even...I hammered out what I've got up now...which ain't much.
Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but I do appreciate the kind words. Makes the effort worth it.
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