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We LOVE to hear from you! Glad you're taking the time to be part of the commentary of The World's Magazine.
Below you'll find the latest letters from YOU.
Let's play!
Here are the terms of this proposition:
1 - Submit an article of 1500 - 2000 words in which you replicate the "voice" of our Editor and Publisher in you best possible way.
2 - Include your reasons for writing on the particular topic(s) and why you believe you are writing like Rod.
3 - Only submissions e-mailed in .rtf (Rich Text Format) to "rodwrite@generator21.net" will be considered for contest eligibility. All other submissions will be automatically deleted.
What do you get?
1 - Worldwide recognition
2 - Dinner for two at the restaurant of your choice, courtesy of one of The World's Magazine's Sponsors, who would prefer to remain anonymous.
IF YOU WIN. a check for the amount of the tab you inform us about with your submission will be in your hot little hands within 72 hours. No questions asked.
3 - Bragging rights with all other G21 readers and contributors and Rod's undying enmity. (Just kidding!)
Contest is null and void in states or countries where such things are illegal. G21 acquires first-publication rights to your article but otherwise your words are your own to dispose of as you please.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 1 September, 2004.
While our Publisher continues trying to write like God on his "Glass House" book, we thought it would be fun to see how you would write like Rod.
Good luck and good eating!
THE WORLD'S MAGAZINE
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From our Mailbag 07/12/04 - 08/22/04
by YOU
THE WORLD -
From Bob Powers, Marietta, OH, USA:
SUBJECT: Letter to Raheem
Raheem,
Congratulations on the forthcoming daughter. May all go well and may she become all that you and Tanya ever desired. Children are wonderful and I speak from experience. Betty and I have six of our own and adopted another one. Now we also have seven grandchildren and four great-grands. They are all joys to behold.
I haven't written to you in a long time, but while I don't approve totally of your assessment of Bill Cosby's comments, I loved the way you wrote the article, which I believe the overwhelming majority of readers would find impossible not to read every word. Your writing skills haven't sagged at all since you cut back on production.
Write more!
Bob Powers,
the "Powerssound" Guy
Marietta, Ohio
RAHEEM RESPONDS:Mr. Bob,Thanks for your support! I know that article, like my Shelby Steele critique, is not everyone's cup of tea. But we can't all be crowd-pleasers around here, can we?
Glad you thought the writing was good!
Like our governor out here, the Terminator: "Ah'll be bak!"
Peace out!
Raheem
"The writer thanked the producers for the lovely paycheck. Then he shot them." writelikegod.com
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Nigeria.
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SUBJECT: Simply a GREAT column
Rod,
You have outdone yourself with the new column, the most un-putdownable I have seen in a long, long, l-o-n-g time, Old Friend.
I have full confidence that you will emerge a winner. You inspire me to carry on my fight for improving the state of my bank account.
Bob
SUBJECT: Wolf DeVoon sez...
Hey Rodya,
Ron Diener wrote "The chief architect [of the U.S. Constitution], Thomas Jefferson, remains to this day a puzzle and a conundrum - an architect of freedom and the owner of slaves, a believer in democracy and the fashioner of electoral tricks." Bzzzt. Wrong.
Jefferson was in Paris in 1787 and took no part in drafting the Constitution. On his return, he was baffled by the bicameral legislature and other provisions. It's also inappropriate to talk about a chief architect of the U.S. Constitution, because it was a compromise fashioned among 50+ delegates to the Philadelphia convention.
Best,
Wolf
ROD RESPONDS:Wolf,Absolutely right! Ron sends his apologies for the minor gaffe. Our fact-checker has been cashiered and replaced. G21 apologizes for the error. Hope to see you back in these pages soon!
SUBJECT: Gaynor Paynter article on Women In South Africa
Dear all at G21
I thoroughly enjoyed Gaynor's article. Could not have put it better myself. Hope you will not mind that?I?included it with reference to your site and mag as part of our Womens Day 2004 project I am working on - The Dream Books Time Capsule.
Herewith info fyi,
warm regards,
Merle
Just happened to come across it while researching attitudes towards current culture. Had a feeling you and other readers of G21 may find it of interest.
Cheers!
NDK Creative Artist
ROD RESPONDS:No,I hadn't seen this one. Thanks for sending it in.
Cheers,
Rod
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