User:ShelfSkewed

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WU	This user attended Washington University in St. Louis (LA 1984)

This user is a book collector.

SS	This user enjoys copying other people's code and making up Userboxes that are found only on his own page.

I decided to put something here just because I was tired of seeing my handle in red everywhere I went. I live here and own a lot of these. I also have one of these and two of these.

[edit] A definition

Shelf skew is a term used by book dealers and collectors to describe what happens to a book when, rather than being held upright on the shelf, it is allowed to lean diagonally. One cover is forced up while the other sags, the entire text block is pushed out of alignment, and the spine gets torqued out of shape. So shelf skewed is a book-nerd way of saying twisted.

[edit] Stuff I'm working on

List of novelists from the United States — basically done, but I keep tweaking; also going through the list and making sure that all the authors with articles have the [[Category:American novelists]] tag—and copy-editing many of the articles.
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern — built a table, exerting massive overkill on the details, and waiting for some feedback.
~~Tagging names and titles with [[Category:Edgar Award winners]] and [[:Category:Edgar Award winning works]].~~
Populating Category:American online publication editors
Generally roaming around and engaging in WikiGnome-ish activities and looking for another project to put on this list.

[edit] Articles I've created

Richard Dooling

(Yup, that's it.)

[edit] Notes to myself

[edit] Articles that need work

Henry Bellamann
Paul Collins (writer)
Stephen Dixon
Stephen Hunter
Jean Webster
Stuart Woods (and how!)
Mystery Writers of America
Black Lizard
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (opening paragraphs)

[edit] Articles I (or somebody) should create

David Carkeet
Robert L. Fish
Joe Gores Joseph Nicholas Gores (born 1931) "one of only two authors^ to receive Edgar Awards in three separate categories: Best First Novel [1970, A Time for Predators], Best Short Story [1970, "Goodbye, Pops" from EQMM] and Best TV Series Segment [correction: Best Episode in a TV Series Teleplay] [1976, Kojak, "No Immunity for Murder"]." http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/gores.html

^(the other is Donald E. Westlake: 1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters)