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I meant no disrespect to either Kelpie or Mark personally - more power to them! I have had fruitful and interesting conversations here with both of them. I stated my point clumsily. I see now how my previous post can be misread as a slam. (Sorry Mark and Kelpie - my bad.) It's hard to...

Most of the objectional comments I cite were inferred, as in, "People who self-publish are..." My "snoots" comment was inferred too, as well as being originally a private aside. It doesn't excuse the slights in either instance, and I apologize again for mine. I certainly don't remember...

Hello All, I, Brian requested I write a general apology. In a PRIVATE note to another writer I referred to Chronicles as a "kinda snooty" forum compared with other writer forums I frequent, or something of that nature (since we're airing the laundry, my exact words were, "...full of...

I used AuthorHouse, so anyone curious about the gory details, send me a note. The nutshell review is that they made lots of mistakes on their end at each phase of the process, so although stuff eventually got ironed out, and they were always nice about it, it was frustrating. I probably...

Thanks, Dwndrgn. I think you were the one who posted the link about the transhumanists on Chronicles a while back, didn't you? That's how I ended up contacting Dr. J. It was a little intimidating to talk off the cuff - I'm not used to it - but he was a good interviewer and made me feel...

My very first radio interview, with Dr. J. Hughes at Trinity College, Health Policy prof and executive director of the World Transhumanist Association: Changesurfer Radio

I take it you don't like the newest literary trends, Bill? The ones that don't include quotation marks at all, or give any dialog attributions? I've seen this in some "literary" mags. The idea is that if you are paying attention you'll know who is speaking and what is spoken dialog rather...

We live in a fractal universe. Our lives and experiences are simply a fractal version of the experiences of humanity as a whole. In this sense history, and our stories, inevitably repeat themselves, but as with snowflakes and fingerprints, are also unique. The familiarity helps us to...

Thanks for sharing, Mark. Your experiences are fascinating. You deserve a medal for bravery.

Thanks, Kelpie. I didn't know any of that stuff. It all seems to make sense, even though the visual image of someone ripping covers off of writer's books makes me cringe. :( I'm looking forward to your tale, Mark, since you are probably the one with the most experience at this...

I joined Zoetrope and they have a screenwriter's group there. It's free to join and seems like a good place to network. Here's the link: www.zoetrope.com This is part of the Copolla Virtual Studio. I tried the short story room and found it to be pretty helpful. Best of luck, Foxbat!

Yeah, I never really thought of that, but I've heard of publishers pulling people's books early if they fail to sell right away. I've also heard that even some A-list writers are going with smaller publishing houses and vanity presses to get their older books BACK into print. I don't know...

The $1400 was for all their services on my behalf: preparing the copy and cover for print, the distribution set up, registration of the title, and the "publicity package." It's print on demand. The initial contact carries me into July of 2006, at which time I can continue having them...

That sounds horrible, Stormflame. I'm sorry you got ripped off. My experience was thus (the good, the bad and the ugly): I went with AuthorHouse. I didn't look around at the other self-publishing alternatives nearly as much as I probably should have, and in retrospect, I would have...

Please know, I didn't mean to scold you singularly, Kelpie, or I, Brian for that matter, and I don't exclude myself in the tendancy to point out the negative. It's quite common for people everywhere to focus on the negative these days. It's my current rant topic - LOL! Probably because it is...

Brian, you keep using the word "easy" in regard to self-publishing. Getting published in any form is hard work. There are rip-off artists everywhere. Some of them call themselves vanity presses and some call themselves agents or publishers. I have heard horror stories on both ends of the...

Some of you folks here are the most negative bunch of downers I've ever encountered. I'm surprised you even bother geting up in the morning! Of course, anything worth doing is hard work, but why is that viewed as a negative! If you are working hard at what you love, then the work is a joy...

That's such a tired old saw, I, Brian. You need to update your thinking. Self-publishing is rapidly growing and expanding into a recognized venue for new writers that functions very similarly to how independent filmmaking does for new directors. They make their films and then show them in...

I was treated for Graves' Disease many years back, and needed several surgeries to literally put my eyes back in place. Since then I've become a contributor to the Doheney Eye Institute in LA where I was treated. They are an amazing research hospital and part of USC Medical Center. Lately...

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