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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Agreed. I have been working on a play for about two years now … and it’s perpetually in the “70 percent done” stage. (No pun intended.) Why? I know that no one can reject my play until it’s finished, so by not finishing, I have successfully avoided rejection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>And if that’s not the most pathetic excuse for not finishing something, I’m not working hard enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>_______</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Evan Schuman</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:eschuman@thecontentfirm.com" target="_blank">eschuman@thecontentfirm.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:973-993-8098" target="_blank">973-993-8098</a> (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Computerworld weekly columnist (Column archive: <a href="http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld" target="_blank">http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Moderator for MIT Sloan Management Review events<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Google Search: <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman">http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman#</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://twitter.com/eschuman" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/eschuman</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Member, Internet Press Guild: <a href="http://netpress.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://netpress.org/</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Krasnoff<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 09, 2019 3:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz@netpress.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Dennis Fowler <dennisf63@wildblue.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] I'm PUBLISHED!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Congratulations! (I never realized that Computer Shopper was making anyone rich...)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Writing longform is a real talent. I've never been able to master it -- it takes me forever just to get down one lousy short story...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barbara<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barbara Krasnoff<br><a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.brooklynwriter.com" target="_blank">http://www.brooklynwriter.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:20 PM Lynn Greiner <<a href="mailto:lists@itwriter.com">lists@itwriter.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>9 days? That’s impressive. For how many words? Hubby’s record was 14 days for his NaNo 50K words, I think, but then there was a ton of editing. I beta read, but my sister acts as ruthless editor, and they have some grand battles when she comes to visit. Serves them both right – she got him to sign up for NaNo the first time during a Scotch-fueled Saturday evening debate over something or other. I, OTOH, was drinking cognac and stayed out of it <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dennisf63<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] I'm PUBLISHED!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I do want to make it very clear that this is the FIRST book I have ever self published. Most of them were flat fee, no royalties. <br><br>That said, back in the 70s it was a lot easier to get published, really by a publisher published, than it is today. I got paid $500 for my first porn novel, got up to as much as $750 for them. I typed the first draft, my wife edited and retyped a clean copy and off it went. I even had one editor that paid me in advance once when $$ were tight. <br><br>Sidebar: The fringe benefits of that arrangement made for a lively marriage, but it was all fiction. Regardless of what I wrote Peggy and I were together for 50 years and we never strayed. <br>I did have a rather liberated old aunt I sent a book to and she said we must have a very interesting marriage. We did, just the two of us. <br><br>Fastest turnaround? I think it was maybe 9 days from my first key stroke to the post office. <br><br>On 01/09/2019 02:23 PM, Christine Hall wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 1/9/19 2:02 PM, Lynn Greiner wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>My husband has self-published 6 novels - it's quite do-able. The hard part <br>is generating the words (he got his kick in the pants via NaNoWriMo). <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p> <o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dennis Fowler<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>P. O. Box 70<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Otego, NY 13825<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:dennisf63@wildblue.net" target="_blank">dennisf63@wildblue.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>