welcome to the group, doug. there are a lot of very
intelligent and knowledgeable people here on the list. sorta
high-brow people for low-brow lit. (just joking, folks! don't
shoot!)
good luck with your novel.
miker
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Hoffman, MD" <
hoffmand@cc.northcoast.com> To: "Rara" <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002
1:05 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: New to the list
> I'd like to introduce myself to the list. I just
subscribed yesterday,
> haven't been lurking for weeks, so I don't have a
feel for the list's
> population yet, but here goes.
>
> I'm a 40-year-old ear, nose and throat doc living in
Harbor, Oregon, a
> little coastal town right next to the California
border. I have a wife
> and one son, age 6, as well as several tarantulas,
poison dart frogs,
> and a couple of snakes. Oh, and two ferrets named
Charlotte and Emily
> (for the Brontes). I'm an aspiring author--I've been
working on a novel
> for a little over a year, and I'm perhaps 1/4 to 1/3
finished with it.
> At the risk of getting tossed from the list, the
story's in that weird
> hybrid class of noir science fiction, but I hope it
will appeal to
> hard-boiled fans who won't get turned off by the
science fiction window
> dressing.
>
> I read a variety of stuff... in recent months I
finished Tolkien's
> _Fellowship of the Rings_ (liked the movie, but
never could get into the
> Lord of the Rings when I was a kid), Carl Hiaasen's
_Skintight_ (lots of
> fun, although a little too close to home for me),
and Richard Stark's
> _Firebreak_. I'll also read Terry Pratchett when I
want something
> light. I recently bought a bunch of Library of
America collections
> (thank God for Amazon--we don't have a decent
bookstore in this town!)
> and this morning finished Chandler's _Playback_. I'm
wondering what the
> title meant... but otherwise, I loved it.
>
> By the way, if any of the list members have any ear,
nose and throat
> problems, I have a decent website with lots of
articles posted about the
> common things we ENTs deal with. I don't answer many
of the letters
> people send me, so if you do have an ENT question
please put Rara-Avis
> in the subject line... my Delete finger tends to
work pretty fast
> sometimes.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug Hoffman
> www.doctorhoffman.com
>
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