It was with great sadness and a heavy heart I received the news yesterday morning from a mutual friend that author Lockard F. Young, or Lockie as he was know to all of us, had died in hospital, surrounded by his family. I like to think Lockie was also surrounded – via the internet – by the community of writers and readers that had been drawn to him. I for one counted Lockie as a very close member among my own “family” of writers, and he was valued here on Reading Recommendations for his support of me, this blog, and his fellow authors, as well as for his writing, his striving desire to perfect that craft, and his general good humour and comraderie – in spite of all he was suffering healthwise.
Lockie’s was one of the early promotions I posted here after I first set up the blog in…
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Thank you for reblogging, Sue.
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I am glad to do so, Susan.
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My condolences. I am always saddened by the death of a writer, even if I did not know them. The thought that a literary spark has gone out, it is just too sad. May he live on in his works.
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I hope so too, Kirizar.
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Very sad news
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Indeed, Robbie.
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