>You know, I just said as much in a private email to Gryphon a week or
>so ago. I've been writing seriously for about 21 years, not counting
>some half-hearted stuff in high school in the late 70s. (Yes, I'm
>almost 40. Anyone want to make anything of it? <grin>) Even though I
>have had no small success with my writing -- twelve years of
>professional sales, including fiction -- I really don't think my
>skills have evolved and improved as much in that period as the Eyrie
>crew's collective and individual abilities have in half that time.
>
>Frankly, I'm envious, and I told Gryphon so.
>

I'm only 4 years behind you, age wise anyway; I don't have near your experiance. I've just started writing seriously in the last 2-3 years, as in sitting down at the WP and saying You WILL get this out, making deadlines for myself, etc. My only sigh is that I know my stuff will never get the recognition level... that sort of feedback is what helps writers gro, and I think is part of how it is the GweepCo has come as far, as fast as they have.

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Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<