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
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>> >> >> >>
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