Kate’s 2¢: “Man on the Run” by Carl Weber
“Man on the Run” by Carl Weber
This was one of seven stories included on a cartridge the NLS sent to me. I started to read it, but found it to be disgusting, misogynistic, racist, and pornographic. I did not finish the story.
Carl Weber (author) – Wikipedia
Carl Weber (born 1964) is an American author, publisher, television writer and producer. He owns Urban Books, a publishing company, and formerly owned Urban Knowledge, a chain of bookstores. His mystery novels was adapted into films The Man in 3B (2015), The Preacher’s Son (2017), The Choir Director (2018) and Influence (2020).
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Man on the run DB116552
Weber, Carl Reading time: 8 hours, 27 minutes.
Ron Butler; Kevin R. Free; Randall Bane; JD Jackson
Friendship Fiction
General
“Jay Crawford has spent too long paying for a crime he didn’t commit. For ten years, he’s been in prison, waiting for the right opportunity to prove his innocence. But when his family is threatened, the time for waiting is over. Jay just didn’t realize that escaping would be the easy part… To get justice, he’ll need the help of the three best friends who have always had his back — Wil, Kyle and Allan. But how long will Allan let Jay stay in his house if his new wife seems to prefer the sexy ex-con sleeping on their couch? And does helping Jay mean Wil finally gets pulled into the not-exactly-legal Duncan family business? As Kyle finds his loyalties — and his finances — stretched to the limit, who will he have to sacrifice? A man on the run requires absolute trust, but Jay might just be setting himself up for the ultimate betrayal…” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Blue Book” by Alison Louise Kennedy
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Blue Book” by Alison Louise Kennedy
I’m afraid I didn’t find this book memorable. Usually, I enjoy reading stories from authors of other countries. Maybe I just didn’t “get it”.
From the web:
Alison Louise Kennedy (Born: Oct 22, 1965) is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction.
From NLS/BARD/LOC”
The blue book DB76427
Kennedy, A. L. Reading time: 12 hours, 8 minutes.
Read by Rosalyn Landor.
Psychological Fiction
While on a cruise across the Atlantic with her lover Derek, Elizabeth encounters Arthur–her former flame and fellow con artist. Elizabeth tries to hide her history from Derek as she contemplates her life choices. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2011.
Downloaded: April 3, 2024
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Cornucopia: My Publishing Trek
2024May
My initiation into the world of book publishing was traumatic and unpleasant, to say the least. The writer’s group held a convention, inviting Kent Brown, an editor/publisher. He was enthusiastic about my manuscript for a children’s book, asked a lot of questions, and asked to take it with him. I was thrilled. After 6 weeks, my colleagues urged me to write to ask the status of my manuscript. He replied, he’d sent it to another department for review. After another few weeks, my colleague heard from a friend in the Buffalo writer’s group that he’d given it to a woman in his stable of writers. She changed my story to have the young blind girl walking with a guide dog in harness. I wrote that it had been brought to my attention that the change to my story was a dis-service to the blind, as trained guide dogs are not issued to very young children. Although I received no response, the woman changed the ending to have the young child playing in the meadow with the dog sans harness. The experience made me very wary of submitting my intellectual properties.
My next foray into publishing was to submit an article from the dog’s point of view to a dog magazine. Ross Becker, the editor, promptly replied that he really wanted my article, but that he was the only one who would write from the dog’s point of view and would I change it to a person’s point of view. Of course, I agreed and a long-term relationship was formed. I wrote two or three articles each year for several years until he and Judy’s untimely death in a car crash.
After my children went to school, I established a daily writing schedule to write from 9:00AM to Noon and beyond if I was in hot pursuit of a story. Many times I found the pieces I wrote through my tears or as I laughed turned out to be the most emotionally grabbing and popular pieces.
I edited my manuscript as best I could with the screen reader and the word processor’s attributes, then, discuss any edits with the publisher. With “Charles and David” the editor and I went toe to toe about an issue until we realized that she was coming at the diabetes from a hypo glycimic point, while I was coming at it from the hyper glycimic side. Bottom line, to get the book published, I caved and agreed with her. She carried “The Night Search” and “Charles and David” for 26 of her 27 years of being in business.
Self-publishing “Green Trillium” was not an experience I’d like to do again. I had a manuscript started and was introduced to illustrator from Finland who was here with her husband, a nano-physisist. They were here for the one year of his research grant. We got along well and I liked the descriptions I heard about the sample pictures she drew. I wantedto get the book published as a gift to her before they left the states. The publishers didn’t follow my directions about color, making the illustrations very cartoonish. They refused to put page numbers on a children’s book and a variety of other issues. A year after Mia and her husband went on to Genoa, Italy, I paid $75 to mail her one copy. Not long after that, I bing-ed her name and found that she’d translated it into Finish, without my copyright permission, but it was done and I didn’t see much sense of suing for royalties.
While I have two book manuscripts on my dream list of things to have published, I find magazine and newspaper articles are most rewarding. They have a built-In market and I can concentrate more on writing.
I’ll be happy to answer any questions when Alice opens the discussion phase of our meeting. Thank you.
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My initiation
into the world of
book publishing
was traumatic
and unpleasant,
to say the least.
The writer’s group held
a convention,
inviting Kent Brown,
an editor/publisher.
He was enthusiastic
about my manuscript
for a children’s book,
asked a lot of questions,
and asked to take it with him.
I was thrilled.
After 6 weeks,
my colleagues urged me
to write to
ask the status
of my manuscript.
He replied,
he’d sent it to
another department for review.
After another few weeks,
my colleague heard from
a friend in the
Buffalo writer’s group
that he’d given it
to a woman in his stable
of writers.
She changed my story
to have the young blind girl
walking with a guide dog in harness.
I wrote that
it had been brought to my attention
that the change to my story
was a dis-service to
the blind,
as trained guide dogs
are not issued
to very young children.
Although I received no response
the woman changed
the ending to
have the young child
playing in the meadow
with the dog sans harness.
The experience made me
very wary of submitting
my intellectual properties.
My next foray
into publishing was to
submit an article
from the dog’s point of view
to a dog magazine.
Ross Becker, the editor,
promptly replied
that he really wanted my article,
but that he was the only
one who would write from
the dog’s point of view
and would I change
it to a person’s point of view.
Of course, I agreed
and a long-term relationship
was formed.
I wrote two or three
articles each year
for several years
until he and Judy’s untimely death
in a car crash.
After my children went to school,
I established a daily writing schedule
to write from 9 aM to Noon
and beyond
if I was in hot pursuit
of a story.
Many times I found
the pieces I wrote
through my tears
or as I laughed
turned out to be
the most emotionally grabbing
and popular pieces.
I edited my manuscript
as best I could
with the screen reader
and the word
processor’s attributes,
then, discuss any edits
with the publisher.
With “Charles and David”
the editor and I
went toe to toe
about an issue
until we realized
that she was coming at the diabetes
from a hypo glycimic point,
while I was coming at it
from the hyper glycimic side.
Bottom line,
to get the book published,
I caved and
agreed with her.
She carried “The Night Search”
and “Charles and David”
for 26 of her 27 years
of being in business.
Self-publishing
“Green Trillium”
was not an experience
I’d like to do again.
I had a manuscript started
and was introduced to an
illustrator from Finland
who was here with her husband
a nano-physisist.
They were here
for the one year of his research grant.
We got along well
and I liked the descriptions
I heard about the
sample pictures she drew.
I wanted to
get the book published
as a gift to her
before they left the states.
The publishers didn’t follow
my directions about color,
they made the illustrations very cartoonish.
They refused to put page numbers
on a children’s book
and a variety of
other issues.
A year after Mia
and her husband went on
to Genoa, Italy,
I paid $75 to mail
her one free copy.
Not long after that,
I bing-ed her name
and found that she’d
translated it into Finish,
without my copyright permission,
but it was done
and I didn’t see
much sense of
suing for royalties.
While I have two
book manuscripts
on my dream list
of things to have published,
I find magazine
and newspaper articles
are most rewarding.
They have a built-In
market
and I can concentrate more
on writing.
I may have
Only 3 books
But I have
Over fifteen hundred by-lines to my credit.