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Buddy Roberts FROM THE EDITOR Nash gives the gift of pulp fiction I liked Bobby Nash the second I shook his hand three years ago at the Alabama Phoenix Festival. It was good to see the Georgia-based author again when he stopped by the lake on his way back home from a convention at which he’d signed books and spoken on panels. “This is nice,” he said as he took in the Logan Martin view. “I’d bet it’s a great place to get some writing done.” “You write outside often?” I asked. “Absolutley. I find the peace and quiet of the outdoors very relaxing. It can get gloomy in the house. Alabama and Georgia are similar in that we get only very small bits of spring and fall, so while it’s still pleasant during the day, I’ll go out on my screened-in porch at home and set up a table with my laptop on it in front of my swing. It’d be even better if I had a lake to look at.” Bobby sold his first story in 1992 and since then has published novels and a host of short stories and comic book scripts. He specializes in pulp fiction and is doing a fantastic job of keeping some grand old adventure characters from the 1930s and 1940s alive by introducing them to 21st Century readers. “People sometimes ask, ‘what is pulp? What does that mean?’ No one has a definitive answer. It’s one of those things that you can’t really describe but you know it when you see it,” he said. “If you’ve seen any of the Indiana Jones movies, those are good movie versions of pulp.” The term “pulp” is derived from the proliferous inexpensive fiction magazines published in the decades between 1890 and 1960. They were printed on cheap wood pulp paper, in contrast with the slick, glossy magazines printed on higher quality paper that still exist today. Pulps published genre fiction: westerns, science fiction, mystery, fantasy and adventure. Some of the characters Bobby writes about include Domino Lady, a wealthy socialite who dons a mask to fight crime; Lance Star – Sky Ranger, an aviator adventurer; Rick Ruby, a 1930s-era private eye; and The Avenger, a genius-level superhero. Bobby’s stories are fun, entertaining and effective at concealing how much work goes into them. “Most people don’t realize what a lengthy, laborious process writing is,” he said. “They also think that if you’re a professional writer, you’re rich. I hate to disillusion them.” “Because of how writers are usually depicted in media, you mean?” “Oh, yeah. Every time you see writers in a movie or on TV, they’re so rich that you never see them writing. They’re sailing around on yachts or fighting crime or helping police solve mysteries.” Speaking of sailing, we won’t be doing any of it in this issue of Lakeside Living. Instead, we stay on land to visit two lake area businesses that produce fantastic craftsmanship (albeit in totally different forms), and we’ve collected some seasonal gift ideas and recipes for you. We’re also extremely thankful to Antoinette MacMurdo for decking the halls of her lake home for us so we can show you a view that has to be seen to be believed. And if you’d like to check out Bobby’s books, you can find out more about them and order copies through his website, www. bobbynash.com. “Books always make good gifts, you know,” he said before leaving the lake. LL 6 | Lakeside Living & Logan Martin Homes | December 2016
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