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Another Interview with Ross Cavins |
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Written by F. Lawrence Caslin
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
  (excerpted from a fake live radio broadcast)
F. Lawrence Caslin: We're here again with Ross Cavins, author of the upcoming book, Follow The Money, a collection of eleven stories all interconnected by similar themes. It's supposed to be funny.
Ross Cavins: Um, well ... since we last talked, my editor cut one of the stories. She thought it didn't work.
Caslin: Cut a story? From eleven? You mean there's ten now? Just ten stories?
Ross Cavins: Yeah. But the book's like 250 pages.
Caslin: Wait. First you were going to write fifteen stories, then you got lazy and only wrote eleven, and now the reader will only get ten of them?
Ross Cavins: Well, yeah. My editor thought that one story was too raunchy. It was a little over the top. She said it was something "only sixteen year old dropouts would think is funny."
Caslin: I see. So what was the story about?
 Ross Cavins: Uh, I really can't go into that. Let's just say that when I took it out, I rewrote a lot of sections to make the stories fit together and they actually work better now.
Caslin: So, your editor ... she's pretty good? She's been doing this a long time?
Ross Cavins: Uh, well. No ... not actually in any official capacity, per se.
(Caslin pauses, looks at the engineer, then back at Ross Cavins)
Caslin: You met her on the internet didn't you? I'll bet she doesn't even have an English degree.
(Ross Cavins suddenly becomes interested in his fingernails)
Caslin: What? That's it isn't it? And I'll bet you met her on an internet dating site. One of those hook-up places? I knew it.
(Ross Cavins scratches his goatee and grimaces)
Ross Cavins: We play Scrabble on Facebook.
Caslin: Scrabble. You play Scrabble online and because she can put a few seven-letter words together, this qualifies her to be an editor?
Ross Cavins: We play Word Twist too.
Caslin: Oh, I see. That makes all the difference. Have you even met this chick in person? How do you know she's not some three hundred pound guy with sweaty armpits? How do you know she's not ... hey where you going?
(Ross Cavins leaves the control room, Caslin shakes his head at the engineer)
Caslin: Well, that was wannabe author Ross Cavins talking about his pseudo-book, Follow The Money. It's supposed to be due out in early December and you can find out more about it on his website: RossCavins.com . Who knows, maybe you can challenge him to a game of Scrabble and win one for free. |
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F. Lawrence Caslin
