Over the course of the years Inditer.com has been around (almost seven years now), it has been our great pleasure to have met some wonderful folks. A couple of these people, although we have never met face to face, have turned out to be of great value to Inditer.
I refer to Donald Grant DeMan who make his home at Royston on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Donald Grant was formerly a literature and writing teacher as well as a police officer. John Clennan, a Lawyer at Ronkonkoma, Long Island. John was; Academic Honors Student, Judge Advocate in The Army, Law Assistant to the Appellate Division, founding member of the Peconic Literary Society and the Rockaway Park Philosophical Society.
These men, two of dozens who participate in the goings on at Inditer.com deserve and receive my heart-felt appreciation for what they have done in the way of contributions and for encouraging, reviewing and critiqueing the work of others. Both have played stalwart roles in the continuation of this journal....both have become treasured friends.
Without having received their permission, we make the following offer on their behalf. Quite frequently, new writers will ask me (editor or publisher) to evaluate work. As stated, I am not comfortable doing this. I am certain my friends D. Grant DeMan and John Clennan would help aspiring writers if asked to do so. If you would like your work, published in Inditer.com to be critiqued, please email either and ask for their evaluation. Please do not send them manuscripts....simply refer the work you have published in Inditer.com to them.
I am greatly indebted to both of these gentlemen who have shown so freely that they are willing and capable of helping others.
Feb 02, 2001 - "Tis here it beginneth - take note ye buffs of historie!
This might be called "The Great Canadian (make that "world") History writeoff. Our noted DeanOFrpps, John Davis Collins, being not only Attorney at Law, but writer of such things, is also an ardent student of History. The Dean has taken upon himself the task of devising this history examination with the hope of your participation. The first Inditer participant to take on this task is Inditer writer, Donald Grant DeMan. His response is forthwith:
January 23, 2001 _________________________
Many of you who have been following the "Words and One Liners" feature by Ric Masten willl know what great work he has done....not only as an author, but as a philosopher and story teller par excellence!
Ric has visited thousands of school and university auditoriums, gyms, church halls and basements to give his oustanding performance as a "Stand Up Poet"
Ric has brought joy to the hearts and minds of thousands, performed outrageous and colorful wedding ceremonies at the beaches and valleys of Big Sur country in the USA. As well as Stand Up Poet, Ric's a preacher too!
Now, this man, who has touched so many with his humour and pathos needs your love and assistance. Cancer has attacked Ric 'Big Time'. He is not a wealthy man and is using his art to help help keep him alive for just a while longer. A recent news release:
Ric has advanced prostate cancer, now metastatic & hormone refractory
(in other words, traditional treatments are no longer effective). He has found an
alternative medicine, PC SPES that is working, but its $420 per month cost is not covered by
Medicare or insurance. So, to raise the money for this medication Ric is creating a
new book entitled WORDS & ONE-LINERS to be published in a fancy, hard cover, boxed,
numbered, limited edition, personally inscribed, with a broadside suitable for framing included in the package. The book will feature Ric's poetry, lyrics (both old and new) along with his
unique single line drawings. Price $100 --- Soft cover $30. (those prices are US Dollars). Please contact;
CPC Masten,
CARMEL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P.O. Box 2463,
Carmel, CA
93921
publisher@carmeliving.com
Recently Ric told me he didn't want to ask for charity or welfare and decided instead to go this route. Rics new book will give you hours of enjoyment. When you order Rics new book, titled Words and One Liners, please tell them Bill at Inditer dot Com sent you. And, I wish you, one and all, "keep your fork". If you're not familiary with this salutation, check the link on the main page, or travel to Keep Your Fork right now.
January 23, 2001 _________________________
After our breakdown (viral inspired) if one would don one's slueth boots, he needs go no further than the local high, or even junior high school to find the vandal who would cause mayhem to our only "freedom of speech system"
I equate these people to the spray paint taggers who in turn I equate to the dog that pisses on every tree he passes. But, we must give the dog credit.....he has a reason for his action. He is marking his territory with the hope of luring a bitch to his den, impregnate her and further propogate his line down the line. You'll notice when you take your little, docile female canine pet for a stroll, she will stop and smell these trees, shrubs, firehydrants to perhaps select a suiter suited to her. The male dog has had a lucky day.
But the spray paint tagger doesn't have a probable retinue following to give him a day of luck. He is too stupid to plan a day like that. As this vandal why he stopped attending school in the eighth grade, his response will likely be, "well, like, you know like, man, like they couldn't learn me nothin' there anyhow." How little does he know the truth he speaks.
What he is succeeding in doing is putting pressure on the Feds to enact strict legislation limiting his own silly actions.
It all boils down to basic intelligence...a trait we lack these days at every level, particularly every level of government, bureacracy or poilitical level of municipal, territorial, provincial and federal jurisdiction.
If you are loathe to believe what I say about stupidity in government, if you have already read it, please read it again, then think about it a while and tell me if our bureaucrats are not stupid in permitting criminals to migrate to Canada without a fare-the-well. Da Man's piece Immigrating Criminals into Canada - - a symptom of national ineptitude? says it over again. Let's hear from you about our open door.
January 21, 2001 _________________________
Is recovering from a recent email virus attack. This particular violent attack saw dozens of files and email lost, to say nothing of the added work involved to get all back to order and the expense incurred in cleaning it up, new virus detection and destroying software, etc.
As may of you know, your editor has personally been under attack by a couple of what are termed 'Terminal Illnesses'. We are now under the care, control and good advice of the local Hospice Society whose main aim is to maintain the patients comfort without the administration of heroic and artificial methods of prolonging life.
With all of this in mind we will attempt to carry on much the same as we have, with only minor changes to tighten up the main pages.
For now, we will not be opening e-mail attachments under any circumstances unless prior and clear arrangements are made before hand with the editor. All manuscript copy should be sent pasted from ASCII, DOS or .txt format into the body of the email. Because viruses are running rampant and because they have been travellig by e-mail attachments, under no circumstances will we open those attachments. Our advice to you is to do the same. Have a good, up-to-date anti-virus propgram installed (Noron AntiVirus2001 is highly recommended), then use it. Do not open attachments even if you know the sender, a virus could be hitching a ride with that attachment.
It will take time to get it all cleaned up and back working properly. Please have patience. We will take care of your submissions and email as quickly as possible.
Check this page from time to time for operational updates. Be certain you have seen and used the Vox Pop pages of
If you haven't used the 'Vox Populi', get started! Send in your comments and critique on Inditer dot Com writers. Inditer.com is a community of like minded writers. Each wants and deserves the help of the other. Do it! It won't cost a dime! You'll be glad you helped!
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