On 3/25/07, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh...I taught in seminary (protestant/evangelical/blah...) for 20 > years & for that same amount of time was being nagged to write by my > peers. What that meant was to write something (1) academic & (2) > theological which at the end of the day I felt (1) no one would really > read & (2) the ones who would actually read it would spend their > waking hours criticizing, refuting or otherwise burning what I wrote. > > Eventually my son gave me the inspiration. Simply, I wrote to him > what I believed as a time capsule. Nothing academic or theological, > just thoughts for a young adult who might be wondering what his old > man thought or believed in. Now if anyone else bothers to read (and > buys) those books...cool. > > My problem is the context of my work and, in general, the culture I > come from (Philippines) is oriented towards talking not writing. So > an editor/friend simply said start writing any which way. Imagine > you're at your water cooler... That's what editors are for, not only > do they correct grammar etc, they would help you even out the style.
What about spelling.<VBG> Dave > > Bong > PS I'm on my 3rd book already; summaries of the 1st & 2nd book are on > site; click on Essays. > > On 3/25/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just something in the back of my head, for something to do down thw > > road one day. > > > > I have been with this survey company for over 33 years now, and have > > travelled extensivly and have witnessed a huge change in the industry > > over the years. > > > > I tend to wind up telling stories of old jobs at the water cooler and > > lunch table. Our secretary is a very supportive person, and on several > > occasions made the suggestion i should write some sort of book or may > > be phamphlet<lol> and document these old jobs, stories photos,etc. > > > > Probably something to do when i retire, but just sitting around > > watching the fog roll in, and i thought i'd ask the question.Also > > probably a small market to.<g> > > > > Any good place to start or links on how to set up etc. > > > > Dave > > -- > > Equine Photography > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > Ontario Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
