<div><div dir="auto">Doesn't bother me. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">mac</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:27 AM Barbara Krasnoff <<a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="m_1550354320948163323chatflow-status" style="overflow:hidden;height:0px;opacity:0.001;float:right;background:url(https://bolt.im/t/?L137c_A5x9HorEEvaQFxL7K5DN5kTB2KJtzQpWv0GN3gHCbX19UDX-dFNLez9Yt5HjeKLT5HDZQcjmquccjXXEgUM70CRPtiRrSFcPw2Y1E)"> </div><div dir="LTR">Hi, Scott -- I look forward to reading it, but I'll tell you the truth, while pen names don't bother me, I'm uncomfortable with the fake photo and ID (on the site). It's one thing to use a pen name; it's another to publish under a completely false persona.</div><u></u><div><br><table cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-bottom:4px"><tbody><tr><td><img src="https://res.gethop.com/c/?id=8bfe240dsiShTK&s=48&m=c&_ts=ppg080" width="24" height="24" style="vertical-align:bottom"></td><td width="4" nowrap> </td><td><a href="https://www.spikenow.com/?ref=spike-organic-signature&_ts=ppg080" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Barbara Krasnoff<span style="color:#999"> - Contact Using Spike</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><u></u><div class="m_1550354320948163323hop_extra"><br>On April 4, 2019 at 15:21 GMT, Mac McCarthy <<a href="mailto:mac.mccarthy@gmail.com" target="_blank">mac.mccarthy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="m_1550354320948163323hop_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .2ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto">Cool! I will give it a shot.</div></div><div dir="auto">mac</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:18 AM Scott Koegler <<a href="mailto:scott@koegler.net" target="_blank">scott@koegler.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font class="m_1550354320948163323m_8947129020440441740defaultFont" face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span>Hi All;</span><div><br></div><div>On a whim I decided that I had a fiction story to tell involving AI and tech in general but didn't want it to be from the perspective of an old guy. Believe it or not I don't think there's a lot of credibility among the general readership population that a 70 yr old knows anything about tech. So this is done under a pen name of a young female writer.</div><div><br></div><div>The good part (for me) is that it's been a lot of fun dreaming up story plot lines. The good part for everyone else is that I'm offering it for free. </div><div><br></div><div>Because this is more of an experiment than anything else, I'm posting it in episodes as a serial novel and not charging for it. The first 'season' is 10 episodes that I'll release weekly. I'm experimenting with different promotional methods. I'm also not posting this to Amazon - mostly because I want to keep it free.</div><div><br></div><div>Season 2 is in process and I'm enjoying the deepening story line even more than the first season. It's an opportunity to explore a wide range of technologies and push them. </div><div><br></div><div>Anyhow, I would be grateful for any of you to have a read. If you're so inclined, please also let me know your comments whether about the writing, the plot, the tech, whatever. and as it's open to the public, feel free to send it along to friends.</div><div><br></div><div>The main site is the author's name <a href="http://circulate.it/r/1I9HkPQaDUvpGbXgjjDQTOQYQ37LvZXd5g2Lo-ILC7lVswZqJZGps6eKzeWDwTXu/kristieleonard.com/" target="_blank">http://kristieleonard.com/</a></div><div>and the title TheConnectedAgenda.com goes to the same site.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><br><div style="font-size:0;line-height:0;max-height:0"><img height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=" " style="border:0;width:1px;height:1px;font-size:0;line-height:0;max-width:0;max-height:0;overflow:hidden" src="https://circulate.it/t/1I9HkPQaDUvpGbXgjjDQTOQYQ37LvZXd5g2Lo-ILC7lVswZqJZGps6eKzeWDwTXu/info.png"></div><span class="m_1550354320948163323m_8947129020440441740mail-signature">. . .</span></div></div></font><font class="m_1550354320948163323m_8947129020440441740defaultFont" face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div><span class="m_1550354320948163323m_8947129020440441740mail-signature"><br>Scott Koegler<br><a href="mailto:scott@koegler.net" target="_blank">scott@koegler.net</a><br>336-818-9463<br>Skype: skoegler<br>ScottKoegler.me<br></span><br></div></div></font>-- <br>
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