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Nancy Frye's avatar

You are a freaking superhero, John. Well done. May you reap abundant rewards.

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Tim Gullett's avatar

John. Well done. I don’t restack much because I’m still new to Substack. But I will spread this word as widely as I can. Oh, also looking up your books.

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Andrew Borth's avatar

The random coincidence factors for me feel like significance:

1) I contributed to your gofundme, twice I think and followed the updates.

2) Today is the first time I visited your substack and found this fresh post, of something that happened years ago.

3) December 17 is my mother's birthday. She just turned 84.

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Holly Chism's avatar

I have no spoons for doing a lot. As such, I tend to ignore everything in the world except for raising my kids and writing, so I didn't notice. Couldn't have helped, except for cheerleading on the side.

That said.

Now that I know...thank you. Thank you so much.

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Connan Peace's avatar

Thank you for writing this and going through all the way with your case. I remember reading a bit about it in the comments of Ringo's Tavern. It's good to read it all. Blessings, and I'll be checking out your books.

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Dedischado's avatar

Thank you so much for doing this.

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BeckyJ47's avatar

As a newbie writer, I totally appreciate the sacrifice you made and what you accomplished.

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James Copley's avatar

Well I, for one, greatly appreciate what you accomplished, and admire your perseverance. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Tim Gullett's avatar

I know this sounds kind of meta, but damn, this sounds like it needs to be a book! Or at least a documentary.

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John Van Stry's avatar

I don't know if I'd care for that, personally. I do however wish that a lot of folks in the industry weren't trying to bury my association with it, so that THEY could take credit instead.

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Tim Gullett's avatar

Eh. Kind of hard to do since your name is all over the case. Stry v. Numbnuts or whatever his name is.

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John Van Stry's avatar

They don't even mention the case.

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