User talk:Garylasasso
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Hello, Garylasasso, and welcome to the ISFDB Wiki! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the community portal, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -DES Talk 20:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Bio:Gary LaSasso
I see that you created this page, which I presume is about yourself. I have copyedited it a bit, to conform to our policy and guidelines on biography pages. I added our standard biography header. I changed the page from a resume style to an article style.
I note that while you mention numerous cover art credits in your biography, only one is listed in our database. Perhaps you would care to enter the missing information into the database. The links above, and Help:Getting Started, should be useful in doing this. If you have questions on how to enter information, or how to use th4e ISFDB, please feel free to ask at the ISFDB:Help desk. Again, welcome. -DES Talk 20:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for correcting my errors in editing your Bio page. My apologies for the errors. -DES Talk 04:03, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, just by the way. I currently live in New Jersey, but my parents live in Unadilla, NY, and I drive through Walton and Downsville each time I visit them. My HS played against Walton regularly. -DES Talk 04:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Do you sometimes get credited "LoSasso"?
I presume you're the Gary LaSasso we already have here, but we have a Gary LoSasso as well. If those are really by you as well, please feel free to point us in the right direction - we've been a bit lax on illustrators compared with authors, it seems. :-/ BLongley
- Yes Bill. All the Covers done for Bantam Books by Me, are listed as Gary LoSasso.
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