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Getting to Know Me
- by Denise Dietz
The following is an imaginary interview, culled from a real interview. My fourth Ellie Bernstein/Lt. Peter Miller "diet club" mystery – STRANGLE A LOAF OF ITALIAN BREAD – will be out in May and I figured maybe it was time to know me as a writer (and, I guess, an editor). So…here's the Q&A:
1) What is your approach to writing a novel: that is, do you outline or not? Do you keep files and piles of notes?
Deni: I don't outline. I begin with a premise and a cast of characters. I scribble what I call "indecipherable notes," mostly on the backs of envelopes, i.e. bank statement and credit card bill envelopes. By and large, I write a scene in my head and do a mental "save."
2) What are some of the tricks, pitfalls, etc. that you need to keep in mind when writing a mystery novel/story?
Deni: I love to paint myself into a corner then figure a way out (before the paint dries). That can be tricky but it's part of the fun. Writing should be fun. I love words so I tend to overwrite. Knowing this, I "weed words" during my second draft. I've heard people say they don't mind reading a novel with slow pacing, but there's a big difference between slow pacing and what I call "imagery narrative." I like to read a fast-paced book with vivid images, just enough narrative to put me in the scene, and lots of dialogue, so that's what I write.
3. What is it that kick starts a project for you: a character, a situation, or…?
Deni: Both a character and a situation, and a TITLE. I can't write without a title, even though I—or most likely my publisher—might change it later.
4. What started you in writing? (Was it always a dream of yours?)
Deni: I've always written. When I was in the third grade, the class assignment was to write a one-page story with an ink pen. I wrote a 3-page story, first-person, called THE PENCIL WHO GREW UP TO BE A STUB. Since the pencil was my narrator, I used a pencil rather than a pen, and my teacher gave me a failing grade (I've always been a bit of a rebel). In high school I wrote and illustrated a children's book about a giant who lived in a town of nearsighted people—who didn't know he was a giant. One day a peddler came to town, selling glasses…
5) What keeps you writing? What inspires you?
Deni: I can't NOT write. And while this may sound funny, my own writing inspires me. I always want to make the next book better. And finally, writing is the quintessential high, better than drugs or alcohol or…I was going to say chocolate, except I think writing and chocolate are synonymous.
6. Can you tell us a bit about the first story you had published — how did that come about?
Deni: Actually, my first published story was a poem I submitted to the Village Voice when I was 12-years-old. It was called GRASS and went like this:
Grass stinks,
It makes me sneeze,
I'd rather skin my knees,
On pavement.
But it tastes good.
I meant a blade of grass, and it was a long time before I figured out why the Voice had published my poem (of course, they didn't know my age).
7. How have you grown as a writer?
Deni: I don't think my "growth" is anything specific; more what I've dropped. I've dropped almost every tag line except "said." I've dropped excess adjectives and, especially, adverbs. I've dropped all the passivity I can, and think carefully before using the word "was." Two things have helped me acquire more clarity (as a writer). One, working as an editor. Two, using a free-lance editor before submission.
8. What are the three most important pieces of advice you'd give to writers?
Deni: Write every day, read a lot, don't give up.
9. How long does it generally take you to complete a novel – from conception to completion?
Deni: Once conception is thrown into the mix, I can't answer that question. Sometimes conception hangs around for years, gaining weight and losing weight, just like the members of my fictitious diet club, Weight Winners.
10. How many revisions do you normally go through when writing a novel?
Deni: That depends on the novel. My first published novel went through 12 revisions (I called it "the dirty dozen"). I shelved one of my novels for 9 months, then deleted the first 200 pages because I discovered that the book started on page 201 (true story). My latest book, just turned in to my publisher, felt right after the third draft. I'm still revising one of my historical romances after God-knows-how-many drafts, but I'm determined to get that puppy into shape.
11. What's the most difficult stage in the writing for you?
Deni: Sleep deprivation, especially when I'm on a deadline.
12. Who are the authors who you admire most, who inspire you, whose writing you think is most beautiful, moving, exciting?
Deni: There are way too many to mention them all, but if I had to pick a few: Dean Koontz, Susan Isaacs, Daphne DuMaurier, Ira Levin, Leon Uris, John Steinbeck and William Goldman. It was Goldman's book, "Boys and Girls Together," that made me exclaim: "I want to be a writer!"
13. What do you find most satisfying in a book: a great plot, beautiful writing, fully realized characters?
Deni: Fully realized characters.
14. In your own work, what do you think you are strongest at: plot, beautiful prose, character? Or something else?
Deni: Character and "something else": humor.
15. How do you plot a mystery or a thriller – what stymies you most, what do you find easiest?
Deni: I don't plot my mysteries. I start with a premise and let my imagination take over. As far as the plot is concerned, I rarely go with my first idea. Instead, I try and find a unique, less clichéd motivation…and conclusion. As an editor, if the perp in your submission says something like, "I'm going to kill you anyway, so let me explain how I murdered all those people," you're done like a dinner!
16. What advice can you give on plotting a mystery?
Deni: THINK THINGS THROUGH! I've had too many submissions where the writer uses illogical motivations in order to fit his or her plotline. Sometimes it practically screams: "I'm not sure this works, but maybe the editor won't notice."
17. Does the world you create in your non-series novels continue to live in your mind long after you've completed the novel?
Deni: No. Because I usually work on more than one book at a time. When one novel is completed, I go full-throttle into another.
18. What scares you about doing a series?
Deni: I have one series, my Ellie Bernstein/Lt. Peter Miller "diet club" series…and the first books of two other series (Ingrid Beaumont/Hitchcock the Dog, and Sydney St. Charles, apothecary owner and reluctant witch). I could never write 26 books (in a series). I suppose THAT would scare me. It would be like letting my sons live with me for 26 years. (Even 18 is pushing it!)
19. What other kinds of writing do you do?
Deni: Song lyrics. Short fiction.
20. Is the publication of each book as thrilling as that first one?
Deni: No. It's more thrilling. When somebody says "I liked your book, Deni," I still get a lump in my throat and whisper, "You read my book? You liked my book? Oh, thank you."
21. What are your goals as a writer?
Deni: To entertain. To touch emotions; make my readers laugh, cry, savor a phrase. But mostly to entertain.
22. Why do you think mystery is so popular?
Deni: I believe it's because most crime fiction novels allow readers to become involved…really involved. It's the difference between laughing at someone and laughing with someone. While most genres—including mysteries—put you in the scene and/or the minds of the characters, crime fiction puts you smack-dab in the plot, as well. You cannot sit back and read a well-written mystery without having your mind churn out some sort of solution. It would be like sitting in the corner and trying not to think of a white bear.
23. Why has mystery spawned so many sub-genres?
Deni: My guess is the internet. When readers' chat groups like 4MysteryAddicts and DorothyL, and dozens of others, first developed, then expanded, the members of those groups began designating sub-genres: "What is a cozy?" "I prefer my mysteries hard-boiled." "I just read a suspense/thriller." "While I usually don't like woo woo, I did like Denise Dietz's FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL."
24. What sparked the idea for your romantic suspense, THE LANDLORD'S BLACK EYED DAUGHTER, written under your pen name Mary Ellen Dennis? How long had you had this idea before starting to write?
Deni: As a kid I developed a love for Alfred Noyes' poem, "The Highwayman." I memorized all the verses, but changed the ending to a happy one. During a high school speech class, I recited my adaptation. Before I could finish, the bell rang, signaling the end of class, but none of the students moved. At that moment in time, I decided two things: I'd be an actress and I'd write a novel inspired by my favorite poem. Acting was easy. I have a good voice and appeared in many musicals. Writing "Landlord" took a lot longer, especially since I had contractual obligations for other books.
25) What do you like best about writing? Who are your favorite characters? What are your favorite moments in your stories?
Deni: The best part of writing, for me, is surprising myself. By that, I mean writing something in Chapter Two, but not knowing why until it comes together in Chapter Seven. Example: In my latest mystery novel, STRANGLE A LOAF OF ITALIAN BREAD (due out in May) I named a character Trenton. Just a name, right? Later, I built a family around him: Los Angeles (Angel) and twin sisters, Kenner and Metairie, and his baby sister, Boca Raton—all named for the cities in which they were born. While talking to Angel, my sleuth, diet guru Ellie Bernstein says, "I bet Boca Raton will change her name when she's older, like you did yours." And Angel replies, "No, she likes it." Obviously, my favorite characters are my quirky supporting players, but I have to be very careful they don't take over the book. I also like my pets: Ellie's cat, Jackie Robinson, and Ingrid's dog, Hitchcock. In STRANGLE A LOAF OF ITALIAN BREAD I introduce Scout, a Border Collie named for the little girl in "To Kill a Mockingbird." My favorite moments in my stories? The twist ending I add, after writing the twist ending that solves the crime. And hearing in my head the following reader response: "She played fair with her clues and I should have guessed whodunit, but I didn't. Now I'll have to read it all over again!"


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informal ASAP, pronto, double-quick, on the double, pretty damn quick, PDQ, in/like a flash, like a shot, tout de suite
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A color wheel, which shows flickr images of the chosen color. Pretty nice to play with and useful if you need to find photos of a certain color.
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Oh my god! I can't believe it, there really is an International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest (IORCC).
A quote from the page:
Ruby is known for its power, simplicity, clarity, yet like any other language can be obfuscated to the point of near unreadability.
The blog, the FAQ and the rules might be interesting. If you want to participate, you should start very soon, the submission deadline is 31-Mar-2005 23:59:59 UTC.
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I found another free clone of del.icio.us, yesterday. It's called Scuttle and is written in PHP instead of Perl (as is the case with Rubric, the code behind de.lirio.us/). Also, Scuttle is GPL'd whereas Rubric uses the Artistic lincense. As of version 0.2.0 Scuttle supports the del.icio.us API.
I'll probably try out Scuttle on this site soon, to find out how useful it is and how it works.
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Madness and Arts 2003 offers an eclectic feast of music, dance, theatre and fine art from around the world. During the festival's run, more than 100 artists from eight countries will be involved. All will address the central issue of creativity and mental health in a wide variety of interesting and entertaining ways.
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Gives good length
Not really fond of the packaging
Huge wand, almost too big
not really volumizing
LOVE this mascara! Separates and volumizes my lashes so well. I can apply one coat or five coats and get a nice clump free look. My go to mascara.
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I don't understand all the good reviews about this... Youtubers were so thrilled about this mascara... I HAD to try it... So I bought two and I'm sad to say that I was very disappointed with this... I gave the other one to someone else, I couldn't believe how much I didn't liked. The plastic want had too much small ''bristles'' so it doesn't define well. And if you have the bad luck to put just a bit too much... clumpyness overload. And I don't understand... this is so hard to remove... but it flakes like crazy! Ok, it does give great length and ''rocket'' volume in no time as they say but you can't build and you can't come trought because it's not a ''soft'' mascara; it hardens and if you want to build it it becomes a ugly messy mascara mess with globs of lashes. I cried with this and it haven't smudged.. and yes, I read all notes on the packaging, it's the washable version... I wouldn't even bother getting the waterproof one; I guess I could wear it for days! But if you have a coupon, a sell or something like that, I'd say go for it. It's just not the kind for me and for my lashes and I will never repurchase.
I like this. You just gotta know how to work with it; regardless, it's amazing. It does gives you those nice Rocket separated lashes and, oh my, such amazing length! It's also pretty if you just put alittle amount for a really soft and natural look. One thing tho, don't let dry between coats (it says that on the packaging anyway) and do one eye at a time - it will help. I love this even if it's hard to remove.. even tho I cried but this time it had came off (yay, it was my graduation!) so yeah now I like it a lot more and I can say it does give massive volume but I know not everyone will be a fan of the look.
This is my go-to mascara, enough said. xD
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This product has had a lot of rave ever since it came out and it deserves all if it!!! This evenly separates your lashes!! Great quality and you won't regret buying!!!
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Holy grail mascara! A MUST HAVE for me! This is the only mascara I have used since purchasing almost a year ago! I almost always receive compliments on my lashes when using this product! This mascara delivers exactly what it claims to. My lashes look so full, long and almost have the fake lash look which I love! Absolutely amazing, doesn't clump or flake off on me either, only complaint is that it can be hard to remove however, it's also a good thing because it stays on while swimming, in the heat, and even when I cry (ha lol) no smudging! I recommend this to everyone and have repurchased and will continue to do so!
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This is like the best mascara so far to me. I've tried Lancome Doll eyes, star, estee lauder (can't remember the name of the mascara) and Mary Kay mascara (forgot the name of the mascara too LOL). All of them gave me clumps and flask or took too long to dry off and smudged easily. When I got this on hand I actually didn't have high expectation on it because it's not even a high end product like those I've tried before, but surprisingly it's even better than all those I've tried! It dries off pretty fast, doesn't give me any clumps and it doesn't smudge for all day. I'm living in a south-east Asia country and the weather here is forever humid and you can imagine the sweat and oil I'll have on my face after a long day. It stays well on my lashes and it gives volume (not as much volume as the Lancome Star or Doll eyes can present, but if you are not going to have a dramatic eye makeup this mascara is enough for a simple eye makeup). I didn't realize it actually has another water proof version but I've worn this to shower and it didn't come off, so I guess it's good enough to stay on your lashes even in a rainy day. Love the color combination of the packaging, but I found it a little bit too fat to bring around and it takes out quite a lot of space in my makeup porch. A bottle of this can lasts for around 2 to 3 months for a daily wear basis.
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the best mascara I've used! even better than my high end ones
I bought this one on a limb, since my friend really liked it, so I thought.. why not?
I really like it! It's a great little mascara, not expensive choice. It does a fantastic job building up volume and color, and doesn't turn my lashes all spidery, which is awesome. It's smudge, flake, clump proof, also really awesome.
After using it for sometime, I found that by using it with some sort of base coat, the mascara works better. I usually use the covergirl clump crusher as a base, then the Rocket, which gives me fluttery lashes.
I took off a lippie, since it was a bit hard to take off at the end of the day. I had to struggle with raccoon eyes when I woke up the next morning.. haha...
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And here we come to the big reveal of Tony Stark's Iron Army. "There's my boys," he says. Are these men in suits, or are they people remote-controlling the suits…or are they robots? And, more importantly, are they on Stark's side…or the Mandarin's?
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- TheStreet Ratings team reiterates its "hold" rating for Atmel (ATML) with a ratings score of C.
Shares of the semiconductor producer rose 5.3% to $8.35 Wednesday. Atmel rose 7.2% in the past month, and 18.6% over the past year with a 52-week high of $8.20 on June 4, 2013. More than 12.6 million shares of Atmel changed hands on Wednesday, well above the average volume of about 5.5 million shares per day.
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Authors: Marcin Chwistek MD and Rohtesh Mehta MD
Background Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) occur in up to 20% of patients above the age of 50, mostly due to osteoporosis. Malignant VCFs are the result of osteolytic lesions from multiple myeloma or metastatic carcinoma and occur in up to 30% of patients with bone metastases. VCFs can cause significant acute and long-term pain, can compromise pulmonary function, and impair activities of daily living and mobility. Vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon Kyphoplasty (BKP) are minimally invasive surgical techniques used for treatment of both osteoporotic and malignant VCFs.
Technique VP involves percutaneous injection of cement (polymethylmethacrylate - PMMA) into a fractured vertebral body. BKP involves inserting an inflatable balloon in the vertebral body first – to attempt to elevate the vertebral end plates – with subsequent insertion of PMMA. Both are outpatient procedures, done under conscious sedation and local anesthesia, with fluoroscopic guidance. Some clinicians will augment multiple levels at once.
Patient Selection Careful correlation of a patient's symptoms with the level of the fracture is important, as not all fractures are painful, and alternative causes of pain need to be considered. Patients with painful acute or chronic VCFs (only after neurological compromise has been ruled out) are appropriate for interventional consideration, although outcomes are slightly better in the acute setting. BKP is substantially more expensive than VP. Some practitioners empirically favor BKP in case of significant kyphosis (deformity more than 20°) or when VP is difficult due to posterior vertebral cortex involvement, which makes cement extravasation more likely. VP, on the other hand, is favored when insertion of balloon device is technically difficult due to severe vertebral collapse (> 65% reduction in vertebral height) or if the fracture is more than 3 months old, in which case elevation of the endplate is unlikely.
Relative contraindications include the presence of any neurologic damage related to the fracture, fractures with a burst component (where bone fragments extend into the spinal canal), systemic or local infection, uncorrected hypercoagulable state, and severe cardiopulmonary disease.
Outcomes There is no trial comparing VP to BKP. Multiple randomized, unblinded, conservative therapy-controlled trials have shown VP/BKP to provide better pain relief than medical management of VCFs alone. Two RCTs comparing BKP vs non-surgical management in patients with osteoporotic (11) and cancer-induced VCFs (12) showed improvement in pain and function that were sustained for up to 12 months. A later RCT in osteoporotic VCFs showed VP to be more efficacious in reducing pain than conservative treatment (10). However, two blinded, randomized, sham-procedure controlled trials in patients with acute osteoporotic VCFs showed the efficacy of VP to be similar to controls who received a sham procedure (8,9). The injection of a local anaesthetic into the periosteum, which was common to both arms, may explain this finding. However, these studies were criticized for patient selection, low pain scores, insufficient amount of cement used and other methodological issues. Pain reduction occurs in 70-90% of cases with VP and in 67-100% in BKP; often more than a 5 point drop (on a 0-10 scale) in the immediate postoperative period, along with significant decrease in analgesic use at 1 month. Pain relief seems to be better in patients with osteoporotic VCFs as compared to those with malignant fractures; studies in cancer patients have shown an approximately 50-60% reduction in pain following intervention. BKP is reported to contribute to better long-term pain control (more than 2 years) than VP (73% vs. 41%, respectively); however, these data are not from a head-to-head comparison. Both BKP and VP lead to partial vertebral height restoration in selected patients. VP and BKP have also been found to be associated with significant reductions in pain-related depression, anxiety, drowsiness and fatigue in myeloma patients (13).
Summary VP and BKP are effective analgesic interventions for painful VCFs in many patients, including cancer patients, and can be particularly helpful for patients who poorly tolerate opioids and other analgesics. Although understanding of the precise mechanism of action and precise indications are still evolving, these minimally invasive procedures should be considered as a part of a multidisciplinary approach to patients with painful VCFs. The choice of the vertebral augmentation procedure for a patient with either benign or malignant VCF is still largely guided by the experience of the practitioner performing the procedure. Patients taking opioids should be evaluated carefully after VP or BKP, as they may need dose reductions.
Authors' Affiliations: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA (MC); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (MR).
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IT might seem surprising that H. Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon's Mines, has a role to play in the year marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ANC, but during a visit to South Africa in 1914 Haggard met and interviewed the first president of the ANC, John Dube. Their meeting only came to light in 2000 with the first publication of Haggard's Diary of an African Journey by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. The Dube interview, Haggard's observations on racial tensions, migrant labour and the prevailing conditions in Zululand, together with his sometimes prophetic comments on South Africa's future recorded in the diary, serve to cut against the grain of popular and academic perceptions of Haggard as a stereotypical colonial author.
The diary details Haggard's visit to South Africa from February to May 1914 while a member of the Dominions Royal Commission (DRC). As a young man Haggard had spent the years 1875 to 1881 in South Africa, in Natal and the Transvaal, as a minor functionary in the colonial service. On his return to England he embarked on a legal career, simultaneously trying his hand at writing. Following the huge success of his fourth book, King Solomon's Mines, Haggard quit the law for literature and turned out a string of bestsellers, including Allan Quatermain, She, Nada the Lily and Montezuma's Daughter.
In the 1890s Haggard began taking an active interest in agriculture and public affairs. His two-volume study Rural England brought him recognition as an agricultural authority and an invitation to serve on the DRC, a fact-finding mission created to investigate how the white settler societies of empire could assist a Britain economically trailing behind Germany and the United States. The commission visited Australia and New Zealand in 1913 and came to South Africa on February 24, 1914.
The 58-year-old Haggard of 1914 was not the young adventure story writer of the 1880s and early 1890s. Alert to the tensions the white government of Louis Botha experienced in relation to an overwhelmingly black population, he was keen to canvass the opinions of prominent individuals during his travels around South Africa and so it was not surprising that Haggard should seek out Dube for an interview. The interview took place in Durban on April 30, just prior to Dube going to Cape Town and London to protest the 1913 Native Land Act.
"I am an educator, that is my business," Dube told Haggard. "I have been thrust into a semi-political position by my people. Two years ago I was elected president of the South African Native National Congress. Its aim is to unite the natives for political purposes, to consider proposed legislation affecting their interests and to make representations to those in authority. We want an organisation to speak for us as we have no representation in the Union parliament."
Dube then detailed his objection to the 1913 Land Act: "I regard the refusal to allow us to buy land from Europeans as depriving natives of their rights, since previous to this Act they could buy anywhere except in the Orange Free State."
"You must remember that we natives today only hold as native reserves 10 million morgen (20 million acres) out of the 400 million morgen (800 million acres) in the Union."
Dube objected to the fact that "natives are not now allowed to lease land or to farm on shares with Europeans. In fact they may not become rent-paying tenants or squat on farms except on condition that they labour for the farmer. The law lays down the duration of such labour but its provisions are frequently evaded by unscrupulous whites to the disadvantage of my people."
Dube was also critical of "low class whites", especially in Johannesburg and other mining centres, and their negative influence on blacks. "I believe in education, both literary and agricultural, as a remedy and I desire to bring the natives under better influences. Christianity is spreading in the country districts and is likely to continue to spread. The institution of polygamy, which is the great obstacle in its path, will probably be solved to a great extent by economic pressure. The expense of it under advanced social conditions is too great. Also every extra wife means an extra tax."
Dube told Haggard that in recent times "the white people have been tightening the screw more and more. They used to be more sympathetic. This attitude has evoked a like feeling among the natives whose sentiments towards the whites are now harsher than they used to be. They say: 'If the whites declare they cannot live with us let them go away and live in their own country.' Your people could do more to bring about a better understanding if they chose. They have the power in their hands, and can take us Natives into their confidence. The whites are so far away from us. We have no means of communication with the authorities or public opinion except through the magistrates who have little time in which to attend to native grievances."
Dube said he didn't think there would ever be a war between whites and blacks but felt that "white people should be kinder and more generous to natives. £200 000 per annum is raised from natives in Natal by direct taxation and only £15 000 per annum is spent on their education. We natives want a national system of education as in England, but modified to suit local needs. I would not bind down the natives to any particular sect of Christianity. I am a Congregationalist but I do not insist upon all the pupils in my school becoming Congregationalists. I would make the natives pay a little in this way or that towards the cost of their education. Our people must be educated (at the moment) they sit in darkness."
Dube concluded by telling Haggard he was going to Cape Town to present a petition to parliament asking for the repeal of the Land Act. "If we fail in this a deputation will sail at once to beg the King (George V) to repeal the Bill before 19 June next when the year of grace allowed under the Constitution will expire."
Haggard read the notes he had taken back to Dube who acknowledged his views had been "correctly set down".
"I am bound to say that [Dube] impressed me most favourably while the case which he advanced seems to me one hard to answer," Haggard wrote in his diary. "Thus, there is no doubt that this new Land Act inflicts great hardships on the native community and if an attempt were made to enforce it everywhere I do not know what would happen.
"There is, however, little hope that Mr. Dube will succeed, either in his petition to the Union parliament or to the King. The Colonial Office at home will certainly say that it cannot interfere with the discretion of the Union government and, in effect, that the natives may 'go hang'. But what will be the end of it all? Seven million of black folk, I think that is about the number including the population of the protectorates, cannot be permanently neglected (or is oppressed the word?) by one million and a quarter of whites. Compressed steam will escape somehow and somewhere."
Haggard was proved right on all counts. Dube and his fellow ANC delegates were stonewalled both in Cape Town and London and the advent of World War One in August 1914 sidelined their concerns even further. The war also brought an end to the work of the DRC.
Haggard died in 1925, but Dube was to "meet" him again in the late 1920s when involved with F. L. Ntuli on a translation of Haggard's all-Zulu novel Nada the Lily which features Umslopogaas, one of the heroes of Allan Quatermain. Set during the time of King Shaka, around whom much of the action turns, Nada the Lily is the story of Umslopogaas's earlier life and "his love for Nada, the most beautiful of Zulu women".
Dube wrote the preface to Ntuli's translation, published as Umbuso kaShaka (In the Realm of Shaka) in 1930, describing it as a "brilliant book ... written by the late Sir Rider Haggard, an Englishman who was sympathetic towards the Zulu nation, praising the nation for its overwhelming influence, its strength and its honesty".
"I have no doubt that anyone who reads the first two lines of this book won't willingly put it down until they have finished it, it's a compelling read."
Dube also praised Ntuli's Zulu translation adding that he hoped the book would "open the eyes of many who would also like to read books written by some of their own".
Dube himself obliged this envisaged audience by writing the first novel written in Zulu, U-Jeqe, Insila ka Tshaka. Also published in 1930, it has never been out of print.
Haggard was clearly in Dube's mind when he wrote Jeqe. His novel is also set during the reign of Shaka and similarly draws on folk tales and legends but whereas Haggard portrayed Shaka as a heartless tyrant Dube's version of the Zulu king is slightly more ambivalent: Shaka is acknowledged as being a good leader who created the Zulu nation but also as a man given to excessively violent behaviour.
An English translation, J eqe, the Body-servant of King Shaka, first published in 1951, was reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic in 2010.


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Following a solid 9-6 season in 2012 which featured a 5-5 NESCAC mark and the #6 seed in the NESCAC tournament, Wesleyan placed two individuals on the all-NESCAC squad. Defender Lex Johnson '13 (#10, right side of photo) and long-pole middie Brendan Hanley '13 (#5, left side of photo) both made the second team. Wesleyan featured the top defense in the NESCAC by a wide margin through the first round of the NESCAC tournament as Wesleyan yielded a mere 5.98 goals a game during the year. Next best among NESCAC squads was Bowdoin, which knocked the Cardinals out of the playoffs with a first-round 6-4 victory Sat., April 28, with a 7.38 figure. Through games of April 29, Wesleyan ranked 10th nationally in Division III for scoring defense.
Johnson started all 15 games for the Cardinals and racked up 30 ground balls while causing 13 turnovers. Hanley, the team's starting long-pole middie, played in 14 games and had 28 ground balls along with a team-leading 19 caused turnovers. Not averse to heading toward the opposing team's net with an offensive opportunity, Hanley fired in five goals from his 13 shot attempts and added an assist for six scoring points. Johnson had one assist for the Cardinals.
Other statistical leaders for Wesleyan during the year were goalie Grant Covington '12, who ranked first in the NESCAC and among the top-10 nationally in Division III with his 5.86 goals-against average and 65.1 save percentage. John Froats '12 paced the team in both goals, with 20, and points with 29 as he added nine assists. Next highest in the goals department was Teddy Citrin '12 with 19 while Aidan Daniell '14 was second in points with 28. Max Landow '12 was tops in assists with 13. While Covington was the ground-bal leader with 44, defensive middle Sam Staton '14 was best among field players with 42.
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M. F. K. Fisher had a magic gardener. This fellow, she wrote, understood the daily weather, the seasons and the various planting cycles, the necessity of encouraging or discouraging bird and insect life, landscape arrangement, grafting, and everything associated with the garden. He was an old Scotsman who, she discovered, in an earlier life, had written extensively on horticulture; and here he was, in his retirement, working for her, and quietly teaching her to tend her garden. He was the Platonic ideal of the gardener. And, of course, she wrote, he did not actually exist.
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On February 26, approximately forty million people will tune into ABC to watch the eighty-fourth Academy Awards. It was around this time eighty-three years ago that the first winners of the Academy Award of Merit were notified, via telegraph, even though it would be another three months before the ceremony itself took place—an event that drew an audience of only 270 people, each of whom paid five dollars for a private dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel. While guests dined on filet of sole sauté au buerre and half-broiled chicken on toast, master of ceremonies Douglas Fairbanks dispensed with the awards in a mere fifteen minutes. There were no speeches and no cameras. It was the only untelevised Academy Awards in history.
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Smallville Season One, Episode One, Pilot First aired: 16 October 2001 Evolution of Lex's hair: A curly unnatural orange – tuft – bald. 1989 Something sciency stirs in space. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting town sign goes about its day-to-day signage. It reads: "Smallville: Creamed Corn Capital of the World." Luthor and son fly overhead in one … Continue reading
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Gifts for Geeks: Superhero Earrings
Superman T-shirts don't go with everything. The bold colours are great for boosting citizen morale but when you feel the need to tone it down, you can still express your love for Krypton and radioactive spiders with subtle ear furniture. These Spider-Man earrings from ThinkGeek forever cling to my ears like the hero they depict. Thanks … Continue reading
Review: Iron Man 3 "Tony Stark loses his marbles by telling the whole world his home address. Idiot."
Iron Man 3 Out now in 3D and 2D! Director: Shane Black Screenplay: Drew Pearce and Shane Black Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley Comic-book inspirations: Extremis, Haunted, World's Most Wanted Verdict: Four and a half stars The biggest douchebag of the superhero universe returns … Continue reading
UK sci-fi/fantasy fan conventions in June 2013
This Geekybit magazine project is going to be a June issue, which would be released in May – you know that thing monthly magazines do when they claim it is the month ahead of real life. Mind blown. For this project, it means I need to be a little psychic. Is what I am writing … Continue reading


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