Link your publications here--FREE publicity!

[dropzone]

Eve has a new book out, a fact that is hard to avoid around here. ;) CalMeacham is a published author, although for the life of me I can't remember the names of him OR his book, so he'd better link it in this thread. Ed Zotti's books are harder to avoid than Eve's. Any other writers who wish to post a link to where we might read or purchase their work?

[aside to the mods]
Would this qualify as people advertising for their personal gain or are authors paid so poorly that "personal gain" is a bad joke?
[/aside to the mods]

[dropzone]

A quick <bump> to keep this visible since our writers all seem to be at the day jobs they work to keep body and soul together.

[dropzone]

It's official! This is my least successful thread.

[pricciar]

I don't know, dropzone. Remember that thread you started that was so boring, even you couldn't respond to it? Me neither, . Damn, it must not exist.

Good idea, I for one would like a thread were all of the writers are together. So, I could slowly turn on the heat until they are all cooked. ummm. errr. I mean, so I could have a handy dandy thread were I could check everyone's work out. I have yet to read a book by Eve, or something by CalMeacham. I will have to put that higher on my to read list. (I have glanced at a thing or two that Zotti character has written.)

pat

[MissBHaven]

I'll be looking for AmieeDS to show up here any day now... She's a writer in the making!

[dropzone]

The great thing about the net is that you can be a writer in the making and still get published. My oldest writes Harry Potter fanfic and gets reviewed and everything.

Hmmm, I suppose I could get the ball rolling by linking some of it.

And you must read some of Eve's stuff. She's a stitch and her books, as she has said, revolve around the lives of slutty showgirls. Eighty-year-old dish may be cold but it is still tasty.

[Crunchy Frog]

I see my ex-virtual wife forgot I am also an aspiring novelist. Maybe she's just bitter.

I have a link, but not for any of my stuff. A friend of mine and her husband started an online comic strip, so here's a plug for them.
I haven't checked it out too much myself, but here's a description from her email:
It's called KUNG FU KITTIES. It's "furry" (as in, the characters are animals), but it's not like Luny Toons or anything. It's about two cats- one a martial arts master and the other a computer programmer- who fall in love. Oh, and they're lesbians! :)

<snip email address and names>

PS- It's only rated PG or PG-13 at worst, so don't worry!!!
PSS- Don't forget to start from the first strip!
So here it is Kung Fu Kitties (http://kungfukitties.keenspace.com).

PS - Don't blame me, I didn't write this stuff, I'm just helping out a friend.

[dropzone]

Originally posted by Crunchy Frog
PS - Don't blame me, I didn't write this stuff, I'm just helping out a friend.
That's fine as far as I'm concerned. Considering what sorts this joint attracts I expect your friend to be joining us eventually, anyway.

[brachyrhynchos]

Okay, I'll bite. Now I know this isn't what you're looking for, but it's the only type of writing I (as second author) do. But hey, it's free and you don't even have to leave the house for this sleeping-aid.

Now, click on the link below and let Aunt brachy tell you all about the exciting world of "Where Crows Decide To Go To Bed When They Have To Keep The Home Fires Burning." Chock full of murder (a bunch of crows), intrigue (Where the hell did that crow go?), suspense (will brachy get up at 3 in the morning to catch crows?), and greed (Think we can get more funding?), all watered down to acceptable journal style. So, be sure to have your coffee mug full of the double-strength stuff!

Roosting behavior and group territoriality in American Crows (http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/risk/WNVPublicEd/CrowRoosting.html), by a bunch of us, in 1997, Auk 114(4):628-637. I guess Cornell decided the graphs and tables would be too overwhelming.

[dropzone]

Actually, it's exactly what I'm looking for. I am interested in WHATEVER you Dopers write. I am especially interested in crow behavior (really!) because there are some that hang out by my house. Wife feeds them sometimes, if she has something especially crow-licious (Yum! Slugs!), and they have learned to recognize the car. I've been at the grocery store a couple miles away and had one come up to me in that crouched-with-beak-open pose making "feed me" sounds.

Another time a squirrel was walking along the top of the fence when the crows knocked it off, killed it, and ate it. Never heard of cooperative predation of large animals by crows before.

For a while some of them liked to slide down a neighbor's roof, but I guess that's fairly common.

Your article has been downloaded in text format and will gently lull me to sleep tonight. ;) Don't complain--some of the world's finest literature has lulled me to sleep. Not because I was bored, either, but because I don't get enough sleep.

[MissBHaven]

Originally posted by Crunchy Frog
I see my ex-virtual wife forgot I am also an aspiring novelist. Maybe she's just bitter.


Never bitter... you know I love you baby!

So show us what you've got! Maybe a little excerpt to get us started... Please...

[MissBHaven]

Dropzone, Are you going to share with us? Are you a writer too? How about a little spur of the moment creativity... I helped write a children's book as an assignment for our Creative Writing class while I was in High School but that's about it for me! Actually, I didn't do any of the writing but I did help spell check it and sign my name to the cover! :)

[Crunchy Frog]

Originally posted by MissBHaven
[QUOTE]So show us what you've got!
If you want to see that, you should've been a little more forward during the Dopefest... ;)

Maybe a little excerpt to get us started...
There is absolutely nothing of my own I can link to. I haven't finished the novel, which tends to make finding a publisher that much more difficult.

[dropzone]

Originally posted by MissBHaven
Are you a writer too?
Excepting memos the people of the SDMB and FFF have been exposed to my complete oeuvre, at least since the mid 70s.

[Spritle]

I won't bore you with my publications. They are all scholarly papers with titles like "Hierarchical Linear Modeling and Value Added Assessment in Effective Schooling Evaluations" and my most recent, "Data Warehousing to Web Reporting: One School District's Research, Evaluation & Accountability System." Great reading material :rolleyes:

[dropzone]

Why, [b]spritle, that sounds utterly fascinating!

Okay, they might not be to MY taste, but that doesn't mean that NOBODY here will want to read then AND get something out of them.

Kindly post the links.

[brachyrhynchos]

Well, spritle, I showed him mine...you can show him (and the rest of us) yours too. dropzone seems to have a strong consitution. He's still here after the somniferous drudgery I posted.

Unless he hasn't read it yet :D

[dropzone]

I got about halfway through before my sleeping pill kicked in. May finish tonight, just to prove I can finish reading something, but I just got back from the library.

BTW, checked with Wife and the crows didn't cooperate in killing the squirrel. It was killed by one that she had just shooed off, telling it she wasn't its mother and to find its own food. Just then the squirrel walked by.

The other crows DID cooperate in eating it, though, and were real impressed with the killer.

[David B]

Well, I do a lot of writing on a website called Themestream (at, surprisingly enough, http://www.themestream.com). However it is a version of self-publishing, and I get paid 2 cents whenever anybody reads an article. As such, I cannot post links to my articles here. But if you're really interested, you can go to that site and do a search on my name (David Bloomberg, or just Bloomberg). Or you can e-mail me. I'm easy. :)

As far as stuff for which I've already been paid, you can go to The State Journal-Register's Search page (http://www.sj-r.com/search/search.asp) and do a search on my name. You will find some book reviews, a couple articles on Survivor, and a few other miscellaneous items. You will also find me being quoted in an article about Bigfoot, a miracle tree, and school redistricting. Hey, what can I say, I get around.

From my Skeptical Inquirer writing, you can find the following (not all are on the SI site, or else I'd have told you to search there :) ) :

“Faults and Paranormal Favoritism in Flawed Encyclopedia,” Review of Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, November/December 2000 (also at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2843/6_24/66496169/p1/article.jhtml?term=%22David+Bloomberg%22).

“Bennett Braun Case Settled; Two-Year Loss of License, Five Years Probation,” January/February 2000 (also at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2843/1_24/58545662/p1/article.jhtml?term=%22David+Bloomberg%22 ).

“Bennett Braun Update: Poznanski Settles, Will Testify Against Braun,” September/October 1999 (also at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2843/1_24/58545662/p1/article.jhtml?term=%22David+Bloomberg%22 ).

“Can an Idiot Be Psychic?,” Review of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being Psychic, September/October 1999 (also at http://www.csicop.org/si/9909/book-review.html).

“Scientific Skepticism, CSICOP, and the Local Groups,” July/August 1999 (also at http://www.csicop.org/si/9907/scientific-skepticism.html).

“Bennett Braun Case Update: Trials Set for May, June,” March/April 1999 (also at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2843/2_23/54237498/p1/article.jhtml?term=%22David+Bloomberg%22 ).

“Illinois Files Complaint Against Repressed Memory Doctor,” January/February 1999 (also at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2843/1_23/53569319/p1/article.jhtml?term=%22David+Bloomberg%22 ).

And, of course, you can read my Staff Reports on this weird site that I think you know the link to. ;)

[Primaflora]

I've got a young adult novel coming out yikes! this month! Only 6 months late. A mere bagatelle in the publishing world. It is apparently listed for sale on http://www.flyingpig.com

I also work with my partner as his editor and proofreader etc and we have a book in the NZ Post Children's Book Awards. This is serious shit :) and we are quite excited as for some bizarre reason we tend to get overlooked at times. His opus about children selling horseshit (which Creative NZ funded to the tune of $18 000) didn't get shortlisted last year. Unfortunately the publisher refused to pay for a scratch and sniff cover. I think that would have made all the difference.

[obfusciatrist]

Well, I've done some writing for MousePlanet (http://www.mouseplanet.com), but currently my role is more behind-the-scenes.

http://www.mouseplanet.com/alex/ and http://www.mouseplanet.com/more/disneyonice.htm are some of the items.

Baglady writes for them as well (http://www.mouseplanet.com/lani), but her more impressive efforts are in single-handedly putting out the Travelite FAQ (http://www.travelite.org) and Pilotlite.org (http://www.pilotlite.org).

In a past effort she was responsible for various bodyart FAQs (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/rec/rec.arts.bodyart.html) for rec.arts.bodyart. The most notable being the Tattoo FAQ. These were all handed off to other people a couple of years ago, though.

[dropzone]

That's more like it! I thought no author could resist a chance for a free plug. (That being me projecting what I would be like if I were to write anything.)

[dropzone]

Fussy, you Alex or Kevin? Either way, I love "nose art" and unit insignias and am disappointed from your review that this book is not as complete as I would like. Oh, the missed opportunities in life. BTW, there was a precursor to Disney doing this. In the 30s a Navy dive bombing squadron started using Felix the Cat in their insignia.

Baggy's stuff is bookmarked because I love imaginary travel. If I ever do any real travelling I'm going to be damned prepared for it!

Prima, that link sends me to some theatrical lighting company in POHMmieland. Doesn't look like the sell novels for young adults, but I can download their manual.

David B, you are apparently one of this killjoys intent on putting flim flammers like me out of business. Thankfully, suckers don't read your stuff--you are preaching to the choir! ;)

[David B]

Ah, but thanks to your opportunity to tell people where to read it, maybe some of those "suckers" will check it out now.

[dropzone]

Let's increase that opportunity with a little ::bump:: action.

[brachyrhynchos]

Excuse me, I meant bump.

I'd like more doper-written material, please. I've spent a good portion of last weekend plugging through the REALL site and Baglady's travel site is something I need to look over since plane rides are in my immediate future. And then it's off to the tattoo faqs and green army men on ice!

Primaflora?: http://www.flyingpig.co.nz/books/default.asp?mscssid=

[David B]

I hope you've enjoyed your tour through the REALL site! Next stop on your guided tour is...

:)

[Zebra]

I tried most of the links in your first post and they weren't working. I couldn't even get themestream so you couldn't get your 2 cents!

What's up with that.

[don Jaime]

There is no link to my master's thesis. I just haven't ever put it up, since I'm too lazy and too HTML illiterate to build a website. If you're really that interested, I can mail it to you chapter by chapter. Or I could start learning. How hard can a website be to build?

There's also some stories I've uploaded at fanfiction.net, but I don't think that's what you had in mind, is it?

[dropzone]

Originally posted by don Jaime
There is no link to my master's thesis...There's also some stories I've uploaded at fanfiction.net, but I don't think that's what you had in mind, is it?
Um, yeah, it's fine. ANYTHING! I'm not big on rules.

Look, the intent of this thread is to provide exposure for people who aren't Stephen King. So ANYTHING is fair game and desirable, as long as it doesn't violate board rules too flagrantly. Links to stuff available commercially is okay, too, as long as it's yours or belongs to a friend or relative. A blatently commercial driveby by, say, FordFan, linking to a Car and Driver road test is NOT in keeping with the spirit. Unless he wrote the article.

[don Jaime]

http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic/?action=Directory-AuthorProfile&UserID=35664

It's not much - mainly trying ot get back into practice of writing. Hope you find something you like. I'll work on the thesis.

[Peta Tzunami]

I'm a published ghostwriter, do I count? If so, and you're just fascinated by mall architecture and design, you'll find links to samples here. (http://www.geocities.com/la_peta/resume.html)

I also have an op-ed piece in the current Teemings.

[David B]

Zebra said:
I tried most of the links in your first post and they weren't working. I couldn't even get themestream so you couldn't get your 2 cents!

What's up with that.Hmmm. Good question on the "findarticles" site. I'll have to check it out.

As far as Themestream, they were down for a few hours this morning (which really pissed me off 'cus I wanted to upload a new Survivor article), but are back up and running just fine now. So please go ahead and try again! :)

[dropzone]

Originally posted by Peta Tzunami
I'm a published ghostwriter, do I count?
I don't care if you're dead or alive. Haven't I made it clear that JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING COUNTS? But that was pretty ballsy, linking to your resume, and all. ;) And too bad you don't live near Chicago because we're looking for a computerish marketeer.
If so, and you're just [i]fascinated by mall architecture and design...[/B]
Actually, I am. No! Wait! I really am! It goes with my professional territory! We do commercial buildings as well as residences and I helped out with the sound system for the United terminal at O'Hare. Lighting's important to me, as is architecture.

Real conversation with my boss:

Me - You know, that looks more like a mall or a junior college than a house.

Boss - When they get above a certain size they all start looking like malls or junior colleges.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that those editorials-cum-advertisements written by semi-literate salesmen are really GHOSTED! Jeeze, our marketing guy currently has to write his own copy. He really needs a ghost!

[dropzone]

Originally posted by don Jaime
Hope you find something you like.
Yep. First try, too.

[Gozu Tashoya]

dropzone, I expect you to bump this thread once a month for the next four years as motivation for me to write something actually worth publishing. (My short in Teemings #2 didn't count, as bribes were involved.)

The only other thing I have to my name (besides other short story of no literary merit) is my honors thesis on the relative merits of popular fiction. :rolleyes:

[dropzone]

Originally posted by KKBattousai
dropzone, I expect you to bump this thread once a month for the next four years.
Plan to.
my honors thesis on the relative merits of popular fiction.
And this is where?

Hey! I'm a Gemini and am SUPPOSED to be interested in everything. Don't think I don't sometimes wish I could concentrate on ONE SUBJECT!

[dropzone]

Before I forget, I'd like to thank brachyrhynchos for explaining where the crow is going when I see a few perching in the late afternoon and one just gets it into its head to leave and fly due west. They probably have a big communal roost in the forest preserve that way.

[David B]

KKBattousi said:
My short in Teemings #2 didn't count, as bribes were involved.Shhhhhh! You want to get me in trouble with Euty for not sharing?!

[David B]

Zebra: Well, I checked the findarticles links, and they are indeed dead. But you can get to those article by going to http://www.findarticles.com and searching on "David Bloomberg" (you have to include the quotes for your best results). It seems that the articles don't have good links of their own -- you just get to them by a search. Quite weird. I'll have to change it on my resume. Thanks for letting me know.

All the other links should work just fine, though. In fact, I'm now a "Featured Columnist" on Themestream, so you can find some of my articles by going to that site and checking out the Television area (under "Entertainment").

[Peta Tzunami]

Originally posted by dropzone
But that was pretty ballsy, linking to your resume, and all. ;) And too bad you don't live near Chicago because we're looking for a computerish marketeer.[/B]

Actually, its just lazy--I didn't feel like coding all those links. ;)

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that those editorials-cum-advertisements written by semi-literate salesmen are really GHOSTED! Jeeze, our marketing guy currently has to write his own copy. He really needs a ghost!

Actually, these are bonafide articles. One of our architects (and I mean theirs now, of course) was on the editorial board of the magazine, and I performed actual interviews and research to write them and while certainly the articles used our projects as examples, they weren't just fluff pieces...and we didn't pay for the articles either.