SLPAD 3 - mistakes

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Fri Feb 17 10:20:32 UTC 2023


I’m not a skilled or motivated enough researcher to know who his Signal
Corps friend was -
Anybody know?


Mistake #1: make it literary

Vis a vis “The Small Rain” - that’s upcoming
“the main character’s problem was interesting enough to generate a story on
its own”
without all the literary references.

Well, I’m glad he didn’t then decide to do without them completely.


Mistake #2: bad ear
Also “The Small Rain”; language is fluid - a generic military accent is an
interesting concept, isn’t it?


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