{"id":3853,"date":"2006-03-22T12:03:10","date_gmt":"2006-03-22T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/gee-eric.html"},"modified":"2006-03-22T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2006-03-22T12:03:10","slug":"gee-eric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/gee-eric.html","title":{"rendered":"Gee, Eric!"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to TSO, <\/a> Eric of the Daily Eudemon is feeling badly for me<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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When Amy says it\u2019s \u201cdepressing,\u201d she means it, and she\u2019s not talking about being depressed because of the adverse effects the book is having on others (though that might be part of it). She\u2019s depressed because she\u2019s being personally afflicted by this Da Vinci demon and the minions who don\u2019t know a shred of medieval history but are convinced this book has to be true. \u201cIt\u2019s just so, you know, detailed, and it has lots of pictures. It hasta be true.\u201d Amy spends time swatting at the idiocy as her literary clock ticks away.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, thanks…but I hope it’s not that <\/em>bad! I’m back in the groove (see word meter to the left) and am back at work on the thing – if I can just stay focused, I hope to get it done by early summer. Someday, I’ll think of a title.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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