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A picturesque example: When he was revising “The Shrieking Skeleton,” he pounded the skin off the ends of the two fingers he used for typing, covered the fingers with adhesive tape, and continued “hammering away on the blood-spattered keys” until the job was done.

2

For a summary of his life, including some of his methods of working, see Dorothy B. Hughes, Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1978).

3

Such a study has now been published: Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate, Secrets of the Worlds Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980).

4

Charles G. Waugh and David Schroeder, “Here’s Looking at You Kids: A Profile of Science Fiction Fans,” Anthro-Tech: A Journal of Speculative Anthropology. Fall, 1978, pp. 12–19. Copies may be obtained from Dr. Darlene Thomas, Lockhaven State College, Lock-haven, PA 17745, for $1.00.