SLSL Intro "Dion"

[Monte Davis]

TRP> "The lesson is sad, as Dion always sez, but true: get too conceptual,
too
cute and remote, and your characters die on the page." (13.)

Otto> 1820 Born Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot on December 26th in Dublin,
Ireland...

I think the reference here is to Dion (and the Belmonts), pop group c. 1960,
and the hit song "Runaround Sue," which starts "Here's my story, it's sad
but true, It's about a girl that I once knew..."

-Monte <or I could be missing the joke>