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Apr 17Liked by Karl Straub

I didn't know you were writing a novel. How did I not know this? Where do you find the time, considering you are also apparently reading every good short story known to mankind? Don't make me resentful, Karl. No one wants to see me pout.

Donnin' my pedant hat: Those are initialisms, not acronyms. Acronyms are pronounceable as words, e.g. Scuba, or NATO.

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Bertie Wooster & Jeeves as Tarantino characters. Wooooo hoooooo.

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I can’t thank you enough, Karl! Now that I have the secret, I’m a novelist! Well, I will be, once I’ve established my strutting area.

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Good people to learn from. P.G., John S. and James T. are big influences of mine.

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A HYBRID OF WODEHOUSE, MAMET, TARANTINO, SWARTZWELDER, AND THURBER...that should work. I have to look up Swartzwelder. Never heard of him.

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