Diary – Saturday 7th May 2016
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
May 7, 2016 2:17pm CST
One of my old science fiction – horror stories was accepted by an online journal recently. I was lucky to find the message that they accepted it in my junk mail today. I saw the themes they want writing about in the next issue and prepared a new story for that, on theme of Atmosphere. My story is inspired by a dreadful pop song called Atmosphere, by Russ Abbott – I have included the song here so you can see how bad it is.
I edited my recent Youtubes pages and shared links to them.
My mum was in a better mood today and we got food from a local take-away to save her cooking anything.
Arthur Chappell
Guaranteed to clear any party, this is "funnyman" Russ Abbot's attempt at music. It's enough to make you hunt him down.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
15 May 16
Congratulations! I remember meeting a writer at an SF con and telling him how I had been surprised to find one of his stories in a magazine recently. He told me he had been too. He first discovered that it was being reprinted when he got the check in the mail!
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
15 May 16
@arthurchappell Oh, this was a "Big Name SF writer" but also a local Austinite, which is why he was at the con. Or maybe you've heard of Chad Oliver...
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 May 16
@ElicBxn I suspect a few of my stories and poems may be out there without me having any contact with them
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 May 16
@ElicBxn I've head of him but never read any of his work
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 May 16
@arthurchappell That is a rather pedantic differentiation.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 May 16
@Asylum yes,, the video is all wrong too as its clearly a disco rather than a party
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
7 May 16
I don't know. I don't think the song is all that bad. But then it is kind of reminiscent of the Monkeys and other bands of that era.
You'll have to tell me where I can find your work. I am a sci fi fanatic and would love to read it. If you can't say it out loud (in the discussion) and I'm pretty sure you can't, send me a PM.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 May 16
@savak03 about 20 years later than the Monkees
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
11 May 16
@arthurchappell Well, then maybe he was trying to recreate their style. 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 May 16
grats on getting something, well is published the correct term these days? anyways, neat!
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