Date:         Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:44:42 EST
From: Susan Minyard <Skmsus@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Fill:  VDC Thanks!

Dear All,

Thank you for your votes, your time to participate in order
to give others a chance for fun and glory!

Thanks to Michelle and Anthony and Tink for organizing and
urging us on.  I would never have thought to enter every category,
and finish at least two categories,
if not for the ideas and updates that regularly appeared.  Now
I am so thankful that I did.

I bugged everyone about what is love, what is romance,
and came away feeling you can know something, recognize it,
but not be able to put it into words.  My husband kept saying,
don't worry we love each end of story.
In fact, my short story metamorphsed into
a murder attempt!

And yes, Tori, I agree, what a relief to find another essay
in that category when I turned to the high tech voting ballot.
Congratulations, my fine writer friend, and I, too, was happy
with the competition.

To my fellow poets, you can't see my nonverbals to verify
that I mean what I say.  Considering the diverse entries, I feel honored
and glorious today.  Thank you.

Love, Susan