Since Prof. Crider brought him up, I thought I'd mention that
I get a lot of laughs (and actually make a fair number of
deals) behind a business card I use listing everything I am
prepared to write for money. I stole the idea --without
attribution or apology -- after reading something years ago
about Wormser's stationery. Since these are gag cards, I keep
changing the highlights/services -- my current hits (judging
from feedback, if not actual jobs) being Ransom Notes,
Plausible Excuses and Scriptural Justification.
Wormser, according to the piece I read, at one time had
stationery which listed everything (and I do mean everything;
the list ran down the entire left margin of the page) that he
was willing to write for a buck. And he had either a grand
view of his talents, a healthy sense of humor, or a contempt
for the idea that anyone would ever catch him up. According
to a friend who claims to have seen a sheet of the actual
stationery (I have not) RW would contract to write REAL
INDIAN LEGENDS (among many other bizarre/esoteric things) for
a few cents a word.
He must've been a fun guy. PB
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