> My story's not as good or funny or referential to Sam's story as Brunnen_G's.

And my story is even shorter, less funny, and less referential. However.


My discovery of Rinkworks came when another member of our local science fiction society posted a message on our mailing list quoting the Book-A-Minute versions of the Belgariad and the Mallorean. I decided to see what the rest of the BAMs were like, then what the rest of Rinkworks was like, and the rest is history.

I didn't post to the Message Forum immediately, because it didn't exist yet. But I contributed once or twice to the Site Journal.[*]

Paul



[*] Where, incidentally, I was always referred to as "Paul A." -- when the Forum started, I decided to stick with that name to show I was the same person.
And that's where *my* nickname came from.