Dear On the Edge Reader,

Chapter 6 of On the Edge has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/ote/

Updates are made automatically every 6 days at 3 AM (US Central Time)
and will be announced to this list at that time. Should more than a
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Thanks for reading!
dej

Dear On the Edge Reader,

Chapter 5 of On the Edge has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/ote/

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Thanks for reading!
dej

Dear WOTI Reader,

Chapter 3 of Whispers on the Ice has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/woti/

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dej

Did I say I had all the bugs out? Guess not. Yet another one
squashed. Here's the automated message for the latest posting, which
went to me instead of the list.

dej


>Dear On the Edge Reader,
>
>Chapter 4 of On the Edge has been posted at:
>
>http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/ote/
>
>Updates are made automatically every 6 days at 3 AM (US Central Time)
>and will be announced to this list at that time. Should more than a
>week pass without an update, please notify me at dejah@....
>
>Thanks for reading!


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I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always stop when
there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let
it refill at night from the springs that fed it.--Ernest Hemingway
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"In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there
lay an invincible summer."--Albert Camus
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2001-2003 Golden Pen "Most Outspoken"  I am Writer, hear me Pontificate!

My dearest readers,

Ever hear of "bugs?" Well... we all have that problem sometimes. I've
sprayed a bit of RAID on the problem with the scripts that take care
of posting chapters. They should actually work on schedule now. I
hate it when the programmer screws up like that... oh wait, I'm the
programmer... oh well.

You might be interested to know that the redesign of the site that
took forever and a day (2 years actually) has had its intended
effect. PI has moved from nowhere (below 10K) to about 135 at Google
in the figure skating search. Of course, that's STILL page 14... but
last month we were page 15. So it's an improvement, right?

We now return you to your regularly scheduled serials.

dej
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I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always stop when
there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let
it refill at night from the springs that fed it.--Ernest Hemingway
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"In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there
lay an invincible summer."--Albert Camus
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2001-2003 Golden Pen "Most Outspoken"  I am Writer, hear me Pontificate!

Dear Hans Brinker Reader,

Chapter 2 of Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/classic/hansbrinker/

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I hope you enjoy this skatefic classic!
dej

Dear WOTI Reader,

Chapter 2 of Whispers on the Ice has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/woti/

Updates are made automatically every 8 days at 3 AM (US Central Time)
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Thanks for reading!
dej

Dear Hans Brinker Reader,

Chapter 1 of Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/classic/hansbrinker/

Updates are made automatically every 10 days at 3 AM (US Central Time)
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week pass without an update, please notify me at dejah@....

I hope you enjoy this skatefic classic!
dej

Dear WOTI Reader,

Chapter 1 of Whispers on the Ice has been posted at:

http://www.SkateFic.com/serials/woti/

Updates are made automatically every 8 days at 3 AM (US Central Time)
and will be announced to this list at that time. Should more than a
week pass without an update, please notify me at dejah@....

Thanks for reading!
dej

Thanks to a reader named Katy who lit a fire under me, I finally set
the technical stuff in motion and On the Edge will begin posting all
by itself for the next year or so on a regular schedule of every 6
days. You should get an announcement in the next few minutes that
chapter 2 is up.

Happy reading,
dej
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it refill at night from the springs that fed it.--Ernest Hemingway
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"In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there
lay an invincible summer."--Albert Camus
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2001-2003 Golden Pen "Most Outspoken"  I am Writer, hear me Pontificate!

I am the special guest at Writer to Writer on iUniverse guest TONIGHT
Friday, June 21, from 9-10 PM ET. I hope lots of PI people will come
out to support me.

To access the chat, type this in your browser:
http://chat.iuniverse.com/default/default.asp?channel=Writer_to_Writer

thanks!!

dej, Editor in Chief, Private Ice Publications

Two new chapters have been posted:

TSTS Parts 238 and 239

http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/writers/TSTS/source/

dej, Editor in Chief, Private Ice Publications

Several new chapters have been posted (TSTS 230-237)

http://www.skatefic.com/writers/TSTS/source/

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Check out our submissions page!

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Pining for On the Edge, the serial? If you haven't checked out the
ebook, you're really missing out now. For a limited time, I'm
offering PI-announce members a special discount. On the Edge, the
ebook, for only $3.99. That's 20% off the regular cover price.

Your discount code is M24PIA

Just enter it on the order page right below your email address. And
don't forget, ebooks make great gifts for your wired friends and
relatives! You get the same 20% discount on each and every copy you
buy.

dej, Editor in Chief, Private Ice Publications

Well, everyone, sorry about the long delay in posting TSTS. I didn't
realize myself how behind PI was. Maybe it had something to do with
moving cross country, while pregnant and with 2 kids under 6 in tow.
Then Sept 11, then a death in the family, another cross country
trip... well, you all get the idea. Anyway, if you haven't been
following TSTS on RSSIF, rush over to PI and read. It's riveting.

http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/writers/TSTS/source/

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There's new TSTS up to 216.
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PI has added two new poets, Albert Chang and Margaret Helmstetter.
You can read their latest poetry in the Annex at Ice Dreams.

ARGH, posted the wrong URL...

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PI has added two new poets, Albert Chang and Margaret Helmstetter.
You can read their latest poetry in the Annex at Ice Dreams.

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A new chapter has been posted:

TSTS Chapter 209

http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/writers/TSTS/source/

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PI has become a paying market. This means that if you write about
skating, you can actually get paid for your work. We are currently
seeking short stories,  poetry and book reviews. Please check the
submissions page <http://www.skatefic.com/submissions> for guidelines
and pay rates.

If you own any skating books you can review them for PI and get paid
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Gee, ya know, i forgot that this list existed... There are a great
many new TSTS chapters up.

http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/writers/TSTS/source/

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Second thing...

On the Edge has been nominated (unbeknownst to me) as novel of the
year over at the Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll (P&E is run by
the Science Fiction Writers Association).

PI has also been nominated in several other categories (Short story
for The Christmas Gift and Cover Art for OTE's cover)

Please go over and cast your vote for OTE! There is no prize (iirc)
but the exposure and notoriety would be a help to me.

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/ (the pages takes a bit to load, so
wait for it)

Thanks much!

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Private Ice Publications is taking part in the E-authors Holiday
Hunt. The hunt involves surfing to various authors/publisher sites
and seeing what "gift" Santa has left there.

You may find PI's gift at http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/Holidays
along with a new story "The Christmas Gift" which is a prequel to On
the Edge.

The banner at the top will link you to the contest's home page. Or
you can go directly there
http://www.geocities.com/e_authors/happyholidays.html

More than sixty authors and publishers are taking part this year and
over $400 in prizes will be awarded, including three Franklin
eBookman ebook readers, plus ebooks, t-shirts, print books and other
cool stuff.

Private Ice authors and their immediate families are not eligible.

dej, Editor in Chief, Private Ice Publications

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Boy has it changed!

If you've been over to PI, you know already. A completely rewritten
OTE is for sale in ebook and paperback (yes, I said paperback). There
is a new cover, new characters and new situations; plus all the old
people that you loved from the serial. On the Edge has ceased to be a
free serial and become a real book... And will eventually be a real
series of books. You can read an explanation of the whys and
wherefores on the site, but the short of it is that this has been in
the works for a long time.

There will be new serials and the old serials will continue to be
updated as they arrive. PI is still committed to being *the* source
for free serial skating fiction on the net. There will be new books
for sale next year from new authors. In the meantime...

Run, don't walk, over to PI and check out the new book. It has been
getting absolutely rave reviews from friends and strangers alike. You
can read a substantial excerpt (50 pages) and order the ebook as a
disk or download or preorder the trade paperback at:

http://www.dejahsprivateice.com/PIshop/OTE_order.php3

All disk and paperback copies will come autographed.

*Note: PI's credit card processor has problems with AOL browsers. AOL
users should order by phone. The phone number is listed at the bottom
of the order page.

dej, Editor in Chief, Private Ice Publications

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hello all,

Pardon this late night roar, but I've just been notified that Phantoms has
won two awards from Episodic Review (a web serial review site and
directory). It won the Editors' Award for Best Male Lead for Jonathan
Griffin and the Reader's Choice Award for Best Female Lead for Gina Logan.

Send round a congrats to RG.

dej
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A new chapter has been posted:

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Whoops! Meant to send this earlier today!

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A new chapter has been posted:

TSTS Chapter 194

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A new chapter has been posted:

OTE Chapter 241

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Caution: Strong sexual content. Worse (or better <eg>) than usual. This
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Thanks!

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Private Ice's Birthday

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000
Time: All Day

Today is our birthday. PI was born on April 15, 1998 when we
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