http://errollincolnuys.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Errol Lincoln Uys en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:26:22 GMT 2010-01-07T20:26:22Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977809884 I would like to introduce  Commentopia to my Gather friends. My megablog is inspired by my work as a writer and editor, including my role as founder and editor-in-chief of an . . . Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:28:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977809884 Errol Lincoln Uys 2009-09-12T17:28:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977547548 When I talk to friends about the idea of writing my American novel   "live" on the Internet, their response ranges from "A-mazing!" to an adamant, "I'll never . . . Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:10:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977547548 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-12-29T15:10:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537592 "Tears ran down my cheeks as I remembered a Christmas Day when I was the age of those children." Born on a farm in Nebraska in 1916, Donald Newhouser was one of 250,000 American boys and . . . Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:19:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537592 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-12-17T02:19:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977505272 Norma Darrah hopped her first freight at Owatonna, Minnesota, on a bleak winter's night in March 1938. Eighteen-year-old Norma was traveling with Curly, her husband of seven months, and his 13-year-old . . . Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:45:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977505272 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-11-13T02:45:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977501328 Berkeley Hackett made his first trip in 1929 at 13, riding with his stepfather from Flint, Michigan to Kalamazoo to get a summer job working in a coal yard at 25 cents an hour. A year later, Berkeley . . . Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:58:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977501328 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-11-08T18:58:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460005   In 1929, James San Jule's father was a successful businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma. San Jule graduated from Tulsa Central High School and had been accepted at Amherst college in Massachusetts, . . . Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:03:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460005 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-09-26T18:03:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427641   As an editor and writer who saw his first published story set in hot metal, I marvel at Amazon's new Kindle reader and its role in the future of the "printed" word. No . . . Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:37:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427641 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-08-22T16:37:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977419816 Over the years, I've received many wonderful letters and e-mails from readers of my novel, Brazil. These excerpts are from ten of my favorites, words of appreciation that make my epic literary . . . Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:17:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977419816 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-08-12T18:17:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977342253               HEMINGWAY or FITZGERALD?                            . . . Fri, 09 May 2008 21:13:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977342253 Errol Lincoln Uys 2008-05-09T21:13:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196342 I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.   This  unique . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:58:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196342 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-12-06T22:58:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196258 I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.   This  unique . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:25:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196258 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-12-06T22:25:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196171 I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.   . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:16:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196171 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-12-06T22:16:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977115406 I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.   . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:08:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977115406 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-12-06T22:08:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079899 The sale of the slaves driven from the north of Brazil was concluded and the overseers stepped up to claim their new charges. Suddenly there was a shout and a boy next to Patient Anthony scrambled to . . . Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:22:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079899 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-08-08T17:22:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079861 On the last stage of the journey, one theme dominated the concerns of Patient Anthony and other slaves: the senhor to whom they would be sold. Policarpo was in his late twenties. He'd had two masters . . . Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:35:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079861 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-08-08T16:35:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079829 The Portuguese bought Patient Anthony for three hundred milreis, the equivalent at the time of one hundred and fifty dollars, a good price for a slave boy in the backlands. The slaver was Saturnino Rabelo, . . . Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:14:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079829 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-08-08T16:14:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079787 Patient Anthony was eight years old on a day in August 1855 when he learned a terrible lesson. Until then, the dark-skinned mulatto boy had known no shame at being naked and often raced bare-bottomed . . . Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:43:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977079787 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-08-08T15:43:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977046755 The spike sits on a shelf opposite my desk, four inches of mottled iron with a square shank and L-shaped head tapering to a wedge. I picked it up on the Devil's Railroad in the heart of the Amazon . . . Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:27:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977046755 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-07-03T23:27:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031099                          When his father lost his job in 1931, Jim Mitchell saw his family slide to rock bottom in . . . Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:15:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031099 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-06-16T16:15:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977028564 Every writer has a favorite review of his or her book, not filled with words of vacuous hype or empty praises but a critical appreciation of the contents that got it right. Plus the fact . . . Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:06:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977028564 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-06-13T18:06:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977026815   My mother, Hester Johanna Maria - “Joey” - Uys, was seven when the Anglo-Boer war erupted on the South African veld. When Joey was alive, I spoke with her for many hours about . . . Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:36:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977026815 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-06-11T21:36:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977026733                                   On my website  . . . Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:14:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977026733 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-06-11T18:14:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976888120 Riding the Rails during the Great Depression Berkeley Hackett made his first trip in 1929 at 13, riding with his stepfather from Flint, Michigan to Kalamazoo to get a summer job working in . . . Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:11:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976888120 Errol Lincoln Uys 2007-01-18T02:11:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976737966   This is essentially a follow-up to George Corneliussen's article, "Gather: Read All About It," especially George's comments on the focus of Gather's identity. I joined Gather . . . Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:39:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976737966 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-03-19T23:39:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976733347 Here's an easy way we can all help to get the word out about Gather. Make Gather your email signature. I use Outlook Express and via Tools/Options/Signatures have set up   "Visit Errol . . . Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:04:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976733347 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-03-01T03:04:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731927 The sale of the slaves driven from the north of Brazil was concluded and the overseers stepped up to claim their new charges. Suddenly there was a shout and a boy next to Patient Anthony scrambled to . . . Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:25:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731927 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-02-23T00:25:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731714 On the last stage of the journey, one theme dominated the concerns of Patient Anthony and other slaves: the senhor to whom they would be sold. Policarpo was in his late twenties. He'd had two masters . . . Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:10:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731714 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-02-22T04:10:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731401 The Portuguese bought Patient Anthony for three hundred milreis, the equivalent at the time of one hundred and fifty dollars, a good price for a slave boy in the backlands. The slaver was Saturnino Rabelo, . . . Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:51:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731401 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-02-21T02:51:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731193 Patient Anthony was eight years old on a day in August 1855 when he learned a terrible lesson. Until then, the dark-skinned mulatto boy had known no shame at being naked and often raced bare-bottomed . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:27:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731193 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-02-20T04:27:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726581 Arvel "Sunshine" Pearson's grandfather had living quarters behind the railroad station at Spadra, an Ozarks village five miles from Clarksville, Arkansas.  Arvel's father died before . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:14:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726581 Errol Lincoln Uys 2006-01-29T23:14:16Z