[lit-ideas] Re: True Confessions
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:20:31 +0000
Irene. Don't cross-post. Paul posted to lit-ideas.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 6:17:40 PM, Andy Amago wrote:
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 12/7/2005 12:39:57 PM
>> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: True Confessions
>>
>> I have to admit, I always thought that Amago was a bit 'off'. I never
>> dreamed it was for the reason it was. However, a couple of weeks ago when
AA> I
>> was going through my old Phil-Lit archives when it appeared they may be
>> kaput at Tamu, I DID come across Irene's name and a few others whom I
>> remembered had problems with the switch to Lit-Ideas etc. (Alison Parker
AA> is
>> another one I wondered about as was Janette Poulton)
>>
>> I remember having a very in depth conversation/argument about
AA> 'alcoholism'
>> and whether it was or was not actually a 'disease' with A.A. In the back
AA> of
>> my mind, there was always an association I made with AA and A.A. and I
>> believe I even made reference to it here a few times. My question to
AA> Irene
>> would be "why now?" Are you "making amends"?
>>
AA> No, no amends. I'll even tell you how I came up with Andy Amago. I was
AA> going through Spencer's Faerie Queen and actually wanted to use Glorianna.
AA> But I thought that would be too obvious for all you smart people. Then I
AA> saw Archimago, and I thought, yes, that's it. Hmm, Archie Mago, Archie
AA> Amago, father's name Andre popped up and there I was, Andy Amago. I later
AA> wondered why I didn't take a female alias but I'm glad I didn't. I liked
AA> being Andy but I couldn't keep it up because Andy insisted on sounding like
AA> me. Finally it was obvious, to my guilty conscience anyway, that Julie,
AA> Eric and Mike were on to me. The breaking point was when Robert Paul
AA> signed Winesburg, Ohio. I thought, oh gosh, let me not set precedents, so
AA> I figured it was time to end it. I think being an author and making up
AA> characters has to be great fun.
>> I wonder how many of those who were on Phil-Lit chose to sign on with
>> pseudonyms and NOT contribute. I have to admit that, about 5 years ago,
>> after a particularly mean-spirited 'chiding' by Mr. Myers, I
AA> re-subscribed
>> to Phil-Lit as a female.
AA> This is surprising to me. How did you like being a female? Judy's right.
AA> I felt like I got more respect as Amago than as me. And I probably was
AA> taken more seriously.
AA> Alas, true to [new] form, I was too shy to post
>> (only one or two innocuous posts -- a free rubber chicken to anyone who
AA> can
>> guess who I was) and I ended up lurking for a few months, just so I could
>> receive the mail and keep an eye on things. I think the real reason is
AA> that
>> I simply couldn't cloak what I wanted to say in a female voice. It would
>> have been immediately obvious.
>>
>> I wish I had something more to reveal, but that's really all there is.
>> I'm still wondering who Daniel Velton was.
>>
AA> The list is fun. It's a great place to exchange ideas and kidding around
AA> is really fun too. I'm posting this to Theoria as well. They're a bunch
AA> of good guys over there. It's too bad there can't be a reconciliation of
AA> the lists back into one.
>> not secreting,
>> p
>>
>> p.s. Irene, I'm sorry that I told you to "fuck off" but Andy deserved it.
>>
AA> Andy probably did deserve it. He can be a loud mouth. I think that was
AA> over Katrina anyway. Lots of nerves about that. But it's interesting that
AA> you didn't need to apologize to Andy, only to Irene. That's what I mean
AA> that it was more fun being Andy.
AA> Andy/Irene
>> ##########
>> Paul Stone
>> pas@xxxxxxxx
>> Kingsville, ON, Canada
>>
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