I heard you on my wireless back in '52
Lying awake, intent at tuning in on you
If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through
--The Buggles, 1980
I've been really enjoying everyone's comments and email that started with whether Nate in Full Frame could hear WLS Chicago out in Tenbrook, IL, and progressed to people sharing stories about where WLS could be heard in the world or what other AM stations were listened to back in our youth. What great stories!
In fact, they fascinate me enough that I've opened a channel on my Discord (Aroslav's Stories), just for people to record their AM experiences. Where were you when the great DJs of the 50s, 60s, and 70s were broadcasting. I even had one reader tell me that he was listening to the radio during FDR's famous "Day in Infamy" speech that put the US in World War II after Pearl Harbor in 1941.
I think one day, if comments keep coming in, I'd like to put the whole collection up here on SOL and on my website, either as a story or in a blog post.
I can't give you the Discord address in this post or it won't appear in your feed. It is in the comments on Full Frame and, of course, I'll supply it if you request it. I do hope you will join the conversation.
I'm still in the Seattle area this week and will be in transit back to Las Vegas next Sunday. It seems it's been a busy two weeks since I came up here, with the flying trip to Indianapolis last weekend. Good times.
Mostly, I'm writing as much as possible, but these last couple of chapters have been slow going. I'd guess Exposure will still require a rewrite before I'm done... at least of the last half. I don't think I've set up the climax well enough throughout the story. That's book 3 of the "Photo Finish" series that I intended to be a trilogy and now will be a quadology. Or maybe even a pentology. I'm sure you know what those are.
I'll be devoting NaNoWriMo in November to writing book 4, F/Stop. If it goes as long as the others, there's no chance I'll finish it in November, but that still means this is a great time to join my Patreon at the Sausage Grinder tier ($10/month). Not only do you get advance access to Full Frame, but you get to see what I'm writing in the raw unedited form each week. I'm keeping the first drafts of Shutter Speed and Exposure accessible to Sausage Grinders throughout the drafting of the next book.
When I'm not typing, I'm watching Div III Women's Basketball. The season starts in three weeks so I'm watching archived copies of last season's games. If you'd asked me a year ago to name a Div III school or team, I couldn't have answered the question. I never would have thought that I'd know all nine teams in the American Rivers Conference, their mascots, and at least one player on each team. My personal fan favorite is Simpson College Storm in Indianola, Iowa. But really, I'll cheer for all the other teams in the conference.
The player whose style and skill I modeled Natalie after in the "Team Manager" series will be playing for the Northwestern Iowa College Red Raiders this fall. That presents a dilemma for me because the Raiders are an NAIA team, so I'll have to learn some of their teams while I'm watching this fall.
Should I try to follow my alma mater's Div II team, the UIndy Greyhounds? That would be the loyal thing to do, right?
And all this while I'm studying photography and society in the late 1960s and early 70s. What a job!