now, if i were an artist, i'd draw a picture of the spider coming up to mis
muffet on her tuffet and another of her hand on her mouth with a few spider
legs protruding here and there. but i can draw nothing but flys.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Ann Meadows [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
>
> very wicked
>
> At 11:01 AM 4/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >littl;e miss muffet,
> >set on a tuffet don't know what a tuffet is but
> that
> >doesn't matter
> >eating her curs and whey
> >along came a spider
> >and sit down beside her
> >miss muffet had meat that day!
> >
> >i did say i had a wierd send of humor
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Leigh Ann Meadows [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:55 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
> >>
> >> why don't you throw one out now?
> >>
> >> At 10:41 AM 4/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >i would not know where to start to get an agent. i guess i probably
> will
> >> end
> >> >up having to keep the rhymes on my disk and throw one out ocassionally
> to
> >> my
> >> >friends.
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Bobby Greer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:13 AM
> >> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
> >> >>
> >> >> Commercial book publishing is a pain and is very tricky. A "vanity
> >> >> press"(where
> >> >> you pay them to print so many copies) is a rip off and is for people
> >> who
> >> >> just want to say they publish. I've done one textbook back in '81
> and
> >> that
> >> >> was enough for me. We have to show the publisher(McGraw-Hill) where
> the
> >> >> market was. I have written a sick semi-autobiography about a man in
> >> >> recovery(John Aberrant), but never got any nibbles. Aberrant is
> French
> >> for
> >> >> deviate. From what I gather you
> >> >> have to have an agent.
> >> >>
> >> >> Bobby
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >i don't have lots of $. i had hoped for someone willing to take a
> >> chance
> >> >> on
> >> >> >a % of sells. very risky i know since lots of books do not sell. i
> >> can't
> >> >> >afford to put out large sums of money just to say i published. it
> >> would
> >> >> have
> >> >> >to be something that would sell. and i know everyone don't have the
> >> sense
> >> >> of
> >> >> >humor that would like my "papa gander" rhymes. they are quite
> >> fractured
> >> >> and
> >> >> >in some instances quite dry witted.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> >> From: Bobby Greer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:57 AM
> >> >> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> >> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Ken,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> You might ask John Callahan, but he'd probably want a lot
> of
> >> $!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Bobby
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> i thought about doing a book of "fractured" nursry rhymes. got
> all
> >> the
> >> >> >> >rhymes but, don't know how to get an artist(or cartoonist) to
> do
> >> my
> >> >> >> >illistrations.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> >> >> From: lawrence keplinger [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> >> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:34 AM
> >> >> >> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> >> >> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new
> book!
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Can I ask how is your publisher and how did you go about
> finding
> >> >> your
> >> >> >> >> publisher? I'm working on a book myself and it would be
> helpful
> >> to
> >> >> know
> >> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> >> process.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> >> kinggimp
> >> >> >> >> Mariana Ruybalid wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> > Go for it
> >> >> >> >> > Go for the soul,
> >> >> >> >> > Risk madness.
> >> >> >> >> > Go for healing whole,
> >> >> >> >> > Take the chance!
> >> >> >> >> > Go deep, deep,
> >> >> >> >> > Go red sea deep,
> >> >> >> >> > Sea secret, see blood.
> >> >> >> >> > Watch for mind fields.
> >> >> >> >> > Go whizzing by,
> >> >> >> >> > Go slowly, too.
> >> >> >> >> > Watch for pot holes.
> >> >> >> >> > Go for the soul.
> >> >> >> >> > Friends,
> >> >> >> >> > My new book, Daring to Write, has just been published!
> This
> >> book
> >> >> >> has a
> >> >> >> >> > lot of strong poems about being a woman with a disability.
> A
> >> >> Taste
> >> >> >> of
> >> >> >> >> > Daring is just an appetizer. This new book includes the
> >> despair
> >> >> and
> >> >> >> joy
> >> >> >> >> > of being alive. Order it today!
> >> >> >> >> > Send $12.50 (11.00 + 1.50 shipping and handling)
> to
> >> >> >> >> > Mariana Ruybalid
> >> >> >> >> > 2922 Hillegass Avenue
> >> >> >> >> > Berkeley, CA 94705-2225
> >> >
> >
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