hey dan, i read lila's child at least once, a while back now. printed out the whole thing and bound it myself (hope i am not infringing here) anyway it was a pleasure and a big help for me - gave me a handle on the 'characters' too. hope u make a tidy sum out of it g
--- On Wed, 24/2/10, Ham Priday <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ham Priday <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MD] Capitalism: my experience > To: [email protected] > Received: Wednesday, 24 February, 2010, 4:40 PM > Greetings, Dan -- > > > Thank you for taking the time to chronicle the story of > LILA'S CHILD. Since Lila's Squad predates my history > with the MD, I never quite understood how this book came > about. You've now filled in the gaps for us. > > > Like you, Ham, I did all the work myself. No editor. > > No graphic artist. No help. I admit it is rough. > > I self-published with AuthorHouse back in 2002. ... > > > > I didn't do the work for anyone other than myself. > > I saw something that needed doing and I did it. That's > all. > > I've been planning for years to re-edit the book but > it is > > such a chore to get back into it again I just don't > know if > > I have the wherewithall. One day, maybe. > > > > ...A few people have found value there. And that > pleases me. > > But again, that's neither here nor there. > > I would say that the value you've provided is both "here" > and "there". And any realized value enhances the lives > of us all. > > Most personal projects are 'a labor of love', and in the > literary arts anyway, also tend to be a 'work in > progress'. I, too, have considered doing a sequel to > 'Seizing the Essence', but only with a tradebook publisher, > and then only if the thesis were to catch on with a > significant number of people. "Exposure" by reviewers > is what I need at this juncture. Incidentally, Xlibris just > asked me to invest another $500 to exhibit my paperback at a > NY book trade fair. I turned it down on the premise > that a publisher has as much stake in the sales of a book as > the author does, and should therefore be willing to assume > the cost of an exposition they are sponsoring. > > Congratulations on making LILA'S CHILD available, > Dan. It's a valuable resource for anyone interested in > Pirsig's Quality thesis. > > Best wishes, > Ham > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > Hi Ham, John, Arlo, and all... > > Back in 1998, Bodvar Skutvik asked me if I thought it > possible to put > the old Lila Squad archives into some kind of coherent > format. I told > him: No. Absolutely not. > > But we all know Bodvar... he is nothing if not persistent. > He asked me > again and again, I told him: No. Truthfully, I thought he > was joking. > There was no way. Has anyone taken a look at those old > archives? What > a mess! > > A few months later, Bodvar asked me once again. It so > happened that my > (seasonal) businesses were slow at the time and I had > nothing more > pressing to do so I finally agreed to take a stab at > putting those old > archives in order. > > Once I got started, I was hooked. It took six months but > finally I had > produced a first draft, which I loaded onto a website (that > I taught > myself to build). I thought my work was finished. I called > my work > LILA'S CHILD. > > Imagine my surprise when Bodvar wrote me a few months later > to inform > me that Robert Pirsig had found my website while browsing > the web! And > that he liked my work! Bodvar noted as an afterthought that > Mr. Pirsig > was making annotations on some of the posts in LILA'S > CHILD. > > I wrote Bodvar back and asked him if he thought Mr. Pirsig > might like > to share those annotations. Bodvar told me no. He didn't > think that > was a good idea. So I dropped it. But boy, did I want a > look at those > annotations! I immediately began working on the first draft > to improve > it, make it better. > > I guess a couple three more months went by. And one day > Bodvar wrote > me to say that Mr. Pirsig had agreed to take a look at the > updated > LILA'S CHILD when it was ready and perhaps add some > annotations. > > I didn't understand that somewhere in > between the uploading of my copy to their's that a vast > array of > mistakes crept into the manuscript. God, what a mess. It > took me a > year to straighten it out. > > Anyway, I didn't do any of it for money. I did it to make > things > better. To improve. I did it because it was fun. I had the > greatest > time! I'd never been so intellectually challenged. > > It saddens me that my old friend Bodvar thinks so little of > LILA'S > CHILD. But that's neither here nor there. Others weren't > impressed > either. I don't care. A few people have found value there. > And that > pleases me. But again, that's neither here nor there. > > Until then, enjoy, > > Dan > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
