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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