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THE ADVOCATE
by Barry B. Longyear

Barry B Longyear, author of тАЬEnemy MineтАЭ (September 1979), is still the
only author to win the Nebula, Hugo, and John W. Campbell Award for Best
New Writer in the same year. After a very long absence, we are delighted to
welcome him back to the pages of AsimovтАЩs with тАЬThe Advocate.тАЭ The
author tells us this story follows his philosophy of тАЬтАШwriting jujitsu,тАЩ which
involves taking all those things preventing oneтАЩs writing and turning them
into stories. Using a Palm TE2, this tale was written almost entirely in
hospitals and doctorsтАЩ waiting rooms.тАЭ

****

The point of this exercise, Dr. Hunter, is to relieve me of the eternal
burdens of appointments, health plans, mind-numbing medications,
nitrous-inhaling physicians, and malpractice-paralyzed neurologists so that I
may do this thing I do: Write Stories. IтАЩve seen my last needle, spent my
last hour in a waiting room, and explained for the absolutely last time how
important it is for a writer to have a working brain and that, without such
keeping the remainder at temperature is a medical, not literary, ambition.
From now on let Craig deal with all of that, for that is what I have named my
imprint bio. I have copied my engrams into a Biotronics stock meat suit, and
he is fully authorized to advocate on my behalf concerning health matters.
One of his chores is to keep track of me and pass on anything significant to
the medical community, such as it is. IтАЩm keeping a record of sorts to aid in
this endeavor. It is my earnest hope that a cure to my ailment can be
foundтАФCraig will do all I could do to aid in that quest. If it will be one big
waste of time, though, I wonтАЩt be the one who is wasting it. IтАЩll be writing.

Ta,

Larry Cragan (send)

тАФ

Note: Call Jennifer tomorrow and find out how I can work having Craig
pay all the bills, take care of the correspondence, and maintain the house,
too, without signing over my power of attorney. This could be the answer to
several of my prayers. (Encrypt).

****

Craig. I decided to call the biological carrier of my imprint Craig
becauseтАФwell, you look like a Craig. Have you seen the Biotronics
brochure? I donтАЩt know whose DNA was used, but you look like a used-car
salesman who aspires to higher things: New cars, perhaps. Excepting that
you havenтАЩt been around long enough to complete first grade, I wouldтАЩve
pegged you as a college football hero.