Hi everyone,

Flippy forwarded me an email from a Janet Hayward on Sunday, who was asking
Flippy for permission to use one of my stories in a book of hers.

Flippy of course said it wasn't up to her, and Janet needed the author's
permission, ie, *mine*.

So I wrote a nice e-mail to the address "Janet" used to e-mail Flippy on
Monday, asking her to ring me at work to sort out the details (i included my
genuine day time phone number). Since the first draft of the book was due at
the publisher's this Friday, I figured I'd have heard from her by now.

I haven't.

I'm getting suspicious.

Did anyone else get a similar message via Flippy in the last week or so? I
mean, "Pusskin the Hero", is not, IMHO, one of my best stories, and it
certainly isn't the only story of Flippy's web page that talks about cats
who have done something brave, have rescued someone or indeed, have saved
someone's life. Whilst Janet claims to be in Sydney, Australia, and it may
well be that she has only selected Australian stories, it just doesn't quite
sit right with me.

Any insight or help would be appreciated.

Yowie