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  • The Marriage Matrix

    From Mike Dippel@21:4/176 to All on Sat Oct 14 20:57:52 2023
    A neighbor of mine just had a romance novel published called 'The Marriage Matrix'. It
    is her first published work and I designed her website for her.

    ISBN(s):
    978-1-5092-5061-5 Paperback
    978-1-5092-5062-2 Digital

    From the website: "As a new author of women's fiction I have a lot to learn, and a lot to
    say, so I am inviting you to join me on my adventures in writing.

    I write contemporary romance. My heroines struggle to overcome adversity and find
    their true potential. They look for love in all the wrong places, then find the right places.
    As a voracious reader, I have often wondered if an alternate ending in my words would
    be more satisfactory, since I love a happy ending. Cinderella marries the prince and
    then...and then...she finds love and devotion with a kind and gentle man who values her
    opinion until her hair turns white.

    Whatever struggles they had along the way, my hero and heroine learn how to trust, to
    communicate, to show their love. And you get to join them in their adventures."

    Check it out at: https://joanesser.com

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Margaerynne@21:2/138 to Mike Dippel on Mon Oct 16 22:31:45 2023
    Re: The Marriage Matrix
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sat Oct 14 2023 09:57 pm

    A neighbor of mine just had a romance novel published called 'The Marriage Matrix'. It
    is her first published work and I designed her website for her.

    In between this and you running an organmaker's website, I'm more curious about your career than either of theirs.

    Is this a two-off thing, or do you just manage a sprawling array of websites? --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
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  • From Mike Dippel@21:4/176 to Margaerynne on Tue Oct 17 06:44:44 2023
    On 10/16/2023 11:36 PM, Margaerynne wrote to Mike Dippel:

    Re: The Marriage Matrix
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sat Oct 14 2023 09:57 pm

    A neighbor of mine just had a romance novel published called 'The Marriage
    Matrix'. It
    is her first published work and I designed her website for her.

    In between this and you running an organmaker's website, I'm more curious about your career than either of theirs.

    Is this a two-off thing, or do you just manage a sprawling array of websites?

    Thanks for asking! I have always been intrigued by computers. I was a full-time police
    officer with a love of computers. I could have made a ton of money working off-duty
    details. I did do that but I wanted to spend more time at home to watch my kids grow
    up.

    After running a BBS with 4 phone lines, one of which was connected to an ISP, I was
    able to read the code of the websites and thus learned to code in HTML.

    I started a web design and web hosting company as my second job and became quite
    successful. I designed websites for over 200 companies, and when I finally retired from
    the force after 21 years, I grew the business even more.

    My main website is: https://hobbyline.com
    Check it out.

    Thanks again for asking.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Margaerynne@21:2/138 to Mike Dippel on Tue Oct 24 21:54:01 2023
    Re: RE: The Marriage Matrix
    By: Mike Dippel to Margaerynne on Tue Oct 17 2023 07:44 am

    Thanks for asking! I have always been intrigued by computers. I was a full-time police [...]
    My main website is: https://hobbyline.com
    Check it out.


    And thanks for answering! I have a major soft spot for this type of web design, and the breadth of clients you have is really something. I'm not going to grill you on a public BBS, but I'll bet you have a few interesting stories out of all that.

    This is exactly the sort of thing that keeps me logging back on.
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  • From Mike Dippel@21:2/125 to Margaerynne on Wed Oct 25 08:10:07 2023
    On 24 Oct 2023, Margaerynne said the following...

    Re: RE: The Marriage Matrix
    By: Mike Dippel to Margaerynne on Tue Oct 17 2023 07:44 am

    Thanks for asking! I have always been intrigued by computers. I was a full-time police [...]
    My main website is: https://hobbyline.com
    Check it out.


    And thanks for answering! I have a major soft spot for this type of web design, and the breadth of clients you have is really something. I'm not going to grill you on a public BBS, but I'll bet you have a few interesting stories out of all that.

    This is exactly the sort of thing that keeps me logging back on.
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux

    I have been interviewed in the past by the press about a police officer that has an interest in computers, and I have been asked if I ever thought of writing a book about my career. I DO have some stories, and I HAVE thought about it.

    Mike Dippel
    Mystic Hobbies BBS, mystic-hobbies.com
    Sun City Center, FL
    HobbyNet Hub

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