http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/
I think I may download this and use it myself. After all, my journal was the inspiration for my first book.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY - A NICE ARTICLE AND VIDEO FOR ALL TO ENJOY
http://www.openculture.com/2011/07/remembering_ernest_hemingway_fifty_years_after_his_death.html
An uncle, probably Uncle Georgie or Uncle John gave my father a copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" when I was young, maybe 8 or 10. He read it and I read it. And then I read it again.
I think somewhere I still have it on a groaning bookshelf somewhere here. Cuba is part of my heritage, and my whole family loved to fish. As far as I know, I was the only one to live in the Florida Keys, and I did have one of his Hemingway cats for a while.
It's still one of my favorite books.
I just finished "Papa Heminway" during the winter. A good read.
I think you will enjoy this article and perhaps the whole site.
An uncle, probably Uncle Georgie or Uncle John gave my father a copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" when I was young, maybe 8 or 10. He read it and I read it. And then I read it again.
I think somewhere I still have it on a groaning bookshelf somewhere here. Cuba is part of my heritage, and my whole family loved to fish. As far as I know, I was the only one to live in the Florida Keys, and I did have one of his Hemingway cats for a while.
It's still one of my favorite books.
I just finished "Papa Heminway" during the winter. A good read.
I think you will enjoy this article and perhaps the whole site.
Friday, July 1, 2011
WARNING TO WRITERS -
If you have a copy of the first edition of "Sam, the Grouchy As Usual Bear", hold on to it. If I ever get famous, you've got a hot property.
The online publisher (Irish Monahan), contacted me after I submitted this story to her online children's site, Irish Story Playhouse. Written primarily for children of combat-lost soldiers, she offered to publish it in several versions, including Kindle, Nook, audio book, two versions of ebook (black and white and color), to promote it (she did, a little), sell it at a discount on her site, and list it on Amazon, which she did.
I provided the artwork, charming little watercolors from my artist friend, Maggie Guinn.
We signed a contract, with all rights reverting to me. I had no problem with my share of the profits.
But the first quarter passed, and no payment. And the second passed, and we had no Kindle, Nook, or anything else promised. The phone calls stopped. The emails went unanswered.
A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at her website and my book was gone. No explanation.
I have no idea how many copies were sold.
And now that her phone number's been changed, I was forced to have the listing frozen at Amazon. There is a limited number of copies left, but if you buy them, the profit goes to her!
Her name is on the book as editor.
The time dragged on, no payment and no Kindle, Nook, ebooks, audiobooks though I asked about the Kindle, especially. Just excuses.
1. NEVER deal with a publisher who has four aliases.
2. NEVER SELF-PUBLISH UNLESS YOU DO IT YOURSELF. Find a way to upload it in your name if you don't know or understand how to do it. Eliminating the middleman gives you total control and payment.
3. Keep every email or other communication, from every source, regarding your book or article in a file. You'll be very glad you did.
Sam, The Grouchy As Usual Bear will be available again as soon as possible. I'll let you know.
The online publisher (Irish Monahan), contacted me after I submitted this story to her online children's site, Irish Story Playhouse. Written primarily for children of combat-lost soldiers, she offered to publish it in several versions, including Kindle, Nook, audio book, two versions of ebook (black and white and color), to promote it (she did, a little), sell it at a discount on her site, and list it on Amazon, which she did.
I provided the artwork, charming little watercolors from my artist friend, Maggie Guinn.
We signed a contract, with all rights reverting to me. I had no problem with my share of the profits.
But the first quarter passed, and no payment. And the second passed, and we had no Kindle, Nook, or anything else promised. The phone calls stopped. The emails went unanswered.
A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at her website and my book was gone. No explanation.
I have no idea how many copies were sold.
And now that her phone number's been changed, I was forced to have the listing frozen at Amazon. There is a limited number of copies left, but if you buy them, the profit goes to her!
Her name is on the book as editor.
The time dragged on, no payment and no Kindle, Nook, ebooks, audiobooks though I asked about the Kindle, especially. Just excuses.
1. NEVER deal with a publisher who has four aliases.
2. NEVER SELF-PUBLISH UNLESS YOU DO IT YOURSELF. Find a way to upload it in your name if you don't know or understand how to do it. Eliminating the middleman gives you total control and payment.
3. Keep every email or other communication, from every source, regarding your book or article in a file. You'll be very glad you did.
Sam, The Grouchy As Usual Bear will be available again as soon as possible. I'll let you know.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
KAGAN WILL BAN BOOKS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=172653
JUST THINK - SHE CAN WORK AT HER DEVIOUS, COMMUNIST AGENDA FOR A WHOLE GENERATION.
TOLL FREE TO CONGRESS - BOTH HOUSES 877-851-6437
Do you understand how dangerous this woman is to our Constitutional rights and freedoms? She's Obama's girl. And she will push his communist plans for this country to the letter, and so will Sotomayor.
JUST THINK - SHE CAN WORK AT HER DEVIOUS, COMMUNIST AGENDA FOR A WHOLE GENERATION.
TOLL FREE TO CONGRESS - BOTH HOUSES 877-851-6437
Do you understand how dangerous this woman is to our Constitutional rights and freedoms? She's Obama's girl. And she will push his communist plans for this country to the letter, and so will Sotomayor.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A couple of neat writing links,
and an introduction to some interesting writers.
First, here's the link I just found. Freelance writing for many of us is a hit or miss effort in a terribly competitive field. Every link helps.
http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/
The poetry site I love the best is Coffee Press Journal. You can browse the current issue at -
http://www.coffeepressjournal.com/index.html
Dan Case's "Writing for Dollars" site with good links for freelance work - http://www.writingfordollars.com/
Angela Hoy's website offers a newsletter, a POD service called Booklocker, her blog, publications, etc. Good site - I've found it useful many times. http://www.writersweekly.com/
Invaluable to any writer of any genre is the site, Preditors and Editors. Before you submit, check out the publication, publisher or editor through this site. This is a must-use site for any writer.
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/
New Pages has a nice selection of markets - literary magazines, reviews, and other news for writers and poets. There's a nice clickable link on the magazine icons that brings you information like submission guidelines - always dear to the writer's heart!
http://www.newpages.com/litmags/newlitmags.htm
The Write List is full of information and writing jobs. You need to subscribe to it for rounding out your freelance work. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Write-List/
Writers Chatroom is fun. I've participated a few times, mainly on the topic of POD. You'll like it , too. http://www.writerschatroom.com/
I'll be listing more, so check back.
Recently I've had the pleasure of "meeting" several authors whose work I really enjoyed through Amazon Shorts. I've reviewed one piece of their work each. You can find them at Amazonshorts.com and they have kindly reciprocated with reviews for one of my shorts, "Paradise".
If you need a review for your work, please contact me by leaving a comment.
You can view all of mine on Amazon.com.
Allyn Evans - http://www.allynevans.com/books.html
Carolyn Howard-Johnson - http://www.carolynhowardjohnson.redenginepress.com/the_frugal_book_promoter.htm
Kathe Gogolewski - http://www.tri-studio.com/kathegogolewski.html
Judith W. Colombo - http://odin.prohosting.com/~night01/
Chris Meeks - http://homepage.smc.edu/meeks_christopher/
First, here's the link I just found. Freelance writing for many of us is a hit or miss effort in a terribly competitive field. Every link helps.
http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/
The poetry site I love the best is Coffee Press Journal. You can browse the current issue at -
http://www.coffeepressjournal.com/index.html
Dan Case's "Writing for Dollars" site with good links for freelance work - http://www.writingfordollars.com/
Angela Hoy's website offers a newsletter, a POD service called Booklocker, her blog, publications, etc. Good site - I've found it useful many times. http://www.writersweekly.com/
Invaluable to any writer of any genre is the site, Preditors and Editors. Before you submit, check out the publication, publisher or editor through this site. This is a must-use site for any writer.
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/
New Pages has a nice selection of markets - literary magazines, reviews, and other news for writers and poets. There's a nice clickable link on the magazine icons that brings you information like submission guidelines - always dear to the writer's heart!
http://www.newpages.com/litmags/newlitmags.htm
The Write List is full of information and writing jobs. You need to subscribe to it for rounding out your freelance work. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Write-List/
Writers Chatroom is fun. I've participated a few times, mainly on the topic of POD. You'll like it , too. http://www.writerschatroom.com/
I'll be listing more, so check back.
Recently I've had the pleasure of "meeting" several authors whose work I really enjoyed through Amazon Shorts. I've reviewed one piece of their work each. You can find them at Amazonshorts.com and they have kindly reciprocated with reviews for one of my shorts, "Paradise".
If you need a review for your work, please contact me by leaving a comment.
You can view all of mine on Amazon.com.
Allyn Evans - http://www.allynevans.com/books.html
Carolyn Howard-Johnson - http://www.carolynhowardjohnson.redenginepress.com/the_frugal_book_promoter.htm
Kathe Gogolewski - http://www.tri-studio.com/kathegogolewski.html
Judith W. Colombo - http://odin.prohosting.com/~night01/
Chris Meeks - http://homepage.smc.edu/meeks_christopher/
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