I hope when I die somebody says of me, as Harvey Kronberg said of Daryl Janes: "He was a writer with printer's ink in his blood; words were his business."
I've still got a big stack of old copies of The Daryl Herald - the publication he and Daryl Slusher operated in the '80s - in a box somewhere that I never could bring myself to throw out. I hadn't seen him in a few years, but Harvey nailed it. Janes was a writer's writer, and if he were a few years younger he'd have made a helluva blogger. I was sorry to hear of his passing.
I didn't know the man or his work, but it seems like you and he were cut from the same cloth, Scott.
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Caution when reading the eloquent Statesman article regarding Daryl Janes: the staff writer didn't write it. A Comptroller staff member did. But good to know that when writing about a fellow journalist, it's okay for the Statesman to plagiarize.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty common with obituaries, but I agree it's odd in that case to see a reporter's byline on it. But I see no reason for excessive caution otherwise - I was happy to see him remembered.
ReplyDeleteYou should scan in some copies of the Herald. A lot of people would love to see them.
ReplyDeleteI worked with Daryl for many years. He was a good guy, great boss and a real writer.
Daryl was a kind man and a great boss. You never had to wonder what he was thinking; he was very straight-forward and honest. A proud Texan and Aggie. He will be greatly missed.
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