Book Project

[#59]

Been thinking about this for a while and rather than a bunch of campfire stories it will be a sort of tell-all about the realm of so-called BF research with the subject matter basically dealing with two components. 

First, will be thoughts on those genuinely interested in the confirmation of these beings w/o designs on arbitrarily killing one for the fame and fortune.  There will be substantial reference to the NA traditions and legends regarding these folks as "looking back" may well be the best way to "see ahead" in the effort to validate these beings for mainstream society.  Names & locations of those actively habituating will be kept confidential.

Second, the people seeking monetary and/or egotistical gain will be discussed and exposed especially the outright cons, hustlers and mercenaries.  Also, the camp followers will be dissected so the reader can get a good grasp on what makes these kool-aid sippers tick.  The fool's gold romantics are also included in this section as they will never get a grip because their "Disneyfication" of these beings has left them light years away from practical reality.

Anyhoo, this is the basis for this project...any ideas/suggestions are welcomed.

BTW, suggested titles include;

Are BF Researchers Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

BF Researchers...Fact, Fantasy & Fools

Why White Folks Cannot Find BF 

[Ruthie]

  I kinda like the last one although there are those that claim NA heritage that fall into the pro-kill for money. What are ya gonna say about them?

[#59]

There are good and bad people of all stripes and will be dealt with accordingly.

[Ruthie]

I have changed my mind I think the best title would be BF Researchers...Fact, Fantasy & Fools That covers everything. As much as I like the last one. The fact fantasy and fools covers most everything.

[#59]

I have changed my mind I think the best title would be BF Researchers...Fact, Fantasy & Fools That covers everything. As much as I like the last one. The fact fantasy and fools covers most everything.

I think we have the winner! 

[Prairie Ghost]

Just watch out that you don't get sued.  Maybe leave the names off of it.

Many people have always thought that a study of bigfoot internet researchers would make a good sociological thesis.  I have never met another group of people who will eat their young or attack each other like a pack of wolves.  I have made some good friends along the way, but it seems that the bigfoot field has more than its share of people who are in great need of a prozac prescription and who will turn against you in a minute.

[#59]

Just watch out that you don't get sued.  Maybe leave the names off of it.

Many people have always thought that a study of bigfoot internet researchers would make a good sociological thesis.  I have never met another group of people who will eat their young or attack each other like a pack of wolves.  I have made some good friends along the way, but it seems that the bigfoot field has more than its share of people who are in great need of a prozac prescription and who will turn against you in a minute.

Yes, I've considered the litigation aspect but then again you hafta have a cause for action (aka: saying something that isn't accurate) to get beyond a summary judgement and besides, it would be good publicity.

Secondly, I'd don't think even wolves are as viscous as the majority of so-called BF researchers.  But then again, what else would you expect from certain rednecks (SE Oklahoma & NW Louisiana) that are trying to make a buck off the kool-aid sippers. 

[Prairie Ghost]

Well that is true.  You can read every grotesque word right on thier message board.  Like where some of them describe how they want to be holding the severed head of a bigfoot in their hands.  They're just plain psychos as far as I see it.

They say they want a body to solve the mystery of bigfoot.  But even that won't solve anything until people like them are gone.  They only way to get credibility back into the subject, like it was 35 years ago, is for these people to be out of the picture.  No matter how much of a bigfoot expert they think they are, they will never, ever, get any serious consideration by the mainstream body of science.

[Ray Ford]

Writing a book is not easy work, but neither is it the most difficult part of getting a book out.  The most difficult, and/or expensive, part of getting a book out is getting it published.  (My English teacher in the tenth grade, when I published a reader contribution article in a magazine, said to me, "Lots of we writers write, but not many of we writers get published!)  Rejections of manuscripts are more common than acceptances.

Getting a book published usually occurs in two ways:  First, a publisher accepts a manuscript and pays the author for the right to publish it as a book.  The publisher then markets the book through his usual outlets--at his expense.  Second, the author pays a publisher to publish his manuscript as a book.  The author then receives the books and is responsible for marketing it--at his expense and effort.  This second is sometimes referred to as "vanity publishing."  Many such authors end up with stacks of unsold books in their garage. 

There is a mediating way in which a publisher accepts a manuscript, and even pays the author for the right to publish it as a book, but requires the author to buy a large number of the books and be responsible for marketing them.  A preacher friend of mine went this route and was required to buy 1,000 copies of his paperback for $10 per copy.  He has been attempting to sell those 1,000 copies for $15--and has sold some.  He has also received a $600 royality check from the publisher for copies sold by the publisher.

And then there is private publishing.

And then there is "desk top publishing."

A good book on the Bigfoot phenomena could do well, but a good book would not be a polemic against other people interested, for whatever reason, in the big hairy guys.  A discussion of how to recognize and avoid hype and scams, not to mention lack of good sense, without reference to specific people could be included.  A good book might have, as its core, a review of, and sorting out of, reported encounters.  A good book might include a look at the places, and consideration of their commonalities, where Bigfoot encounters have been reported.

And then there is readability.  Readability is akin to pronography: it is hard to define, but they talked a lot about it in my news writing and reporting classes at the University of Tulsa, and I know it when I read it.  (How is that for a three-clause sentence.  Correcting that would drive a MS editor up the wall.)

[#59]

New Title;

BF Researchers...Fact, Fantasy & Fools

Plus, Porn Shots of Patty