Write your blog entry on your grandfather, but also start a side project for when the superhero artwork hits an artist’s block. Map out the story you want to tell of the man and his upbringing and put it to pictures. Who knows, the work on the one might help the other and you may create something beyond even what you yourself may see as your “limits” as a fledgling creator.

Just write what’s in your heart, Bill. Put your feelings out. The only people who can really be captured fully in someone else’s writing aren’t at all interesting. Your grandfather doesn’t seem to fall into that category, and neither does your writing from what I’ve seen.

And Mr. Mulligan–when I read Salamanca I thought of a sword. A very rare sword. I fmy old friend Mr. Lovecraft had named New York towns, I think there’d be a lot more town names with multiple consonants stuck togther by only the occasional vowel. And at least New York doesn’t have anyplace called Intercourse.

Salamanca…that’s even odder sounding than Saugerties. Who named these Upstate NY towns–HP Lovecraft???