User talk:Bechimo

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Ian.thomson (talk) 15:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Please, please: contact me via e-mail!

There are lots of articles in Wikipedia about the Liaden universe. The article about you was deleted out of necessity: it was a very close paraphrase of an old (ca. 2004, I think) version of your short-form biography on the Korval website, and thus had to be deleted as a copyright violation. We've talked occasionally at cons, I know folks at Baen, I've read most of the non-chapbook Liaden works (a review copy of Dragon Ship is sitting on my desk about a meter away from this monitor), and I'd be glad to do what I can to get a decent article created within the limits of my own melant'i as an admin here. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:19, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Take a look at Steve Miller (writer). --Orange Mike | Talk 15:57, 14 November 2012 (UTC)