The Mellotron Group

On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Bernie wrote:

> Hey Rick, when did you change the spelling of your last name? I just
> bought an allegedly new copy of "Cemetery of the Nameless" from
> bookworm-outlet (via Amazon). Your name is crossed off on the inside
> page and hand-written in blue ink (not ballpoint) as "Rick Bleehta".
> Did you have do that with every copy?


Hi Bernie,

First off, thanks for buying the book. I hope you enjoy it.

Here's the drill for the signing on the title page. Timothy Findlay,  
the great Canadian writer once took me to task (gently) because I  
signed the title page of a book and didn't cross out my printed name.  
This is what traditionally should be done and supposedly indicates  
that it was the author who indeed signed the book (although I don't  
see why a forger couldn't do the same thing). I thought it was kind of  
a neat idea, so that's what I now do.

As for my name being spelled wrong, that's just bad penmanship on my  
part. My handwriting has always sucked.


So what you've wound up with is a book I signed somewhere along the  
way. Hold it up to your computer screen and I'll see if I can identify  
where it was.

Rick