Anthology ad?

Subject: Anthology ad? Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:00 pm

A cousin sent me a link to a funny about beer. The link didn't work, ist had swf at the end, so I removed it and tried again. This is where it took me:

http://mithuro.com/presscuefiles/january/beer_goggle

I was surprised to say the least, to see our cover there, and even more surprised to read the comments on the 'read more' link! And they don't even put the title up there with the picture!!

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:24 pm

Who plagiarized who?

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:07 am

No plagiarism! The cover has been licenced.

The photo is available for re-use under the following terms:

Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a licence identical to this one.

This is the share alike licence:

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This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:59 am

That's good news, Shelagh! Seeing your UK spelling of the word "license" made me curious. Did you use a combination of UK and US spellings in the anthology, depending on where the author lived, or did you change them all to UK?

I don't have any preference about it!

Malcolm

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:49 am

Hi Malcolm,

You must have missed this message on the update thread:

Quote :: When a group of members from the Published Authors Forum shared their thoughts about how best to use each other’s talents, the seed of an idea was planted. That idea grew into a suggestion that forum members should contribute to an anthology of poems and short stories with the theme of friendship.

Over the following months, I received wonderful poems and short stories from all corners of the world. This posed an editorial problem as submissions arrived written in both American English and Standard English. I made the decision to present the work as written by the authors, which adds to the world wide appeal of the book.

The short story has enjoyed something of a revival in recent years as the pace of life has increased and busy schedules leave less time for reading. The attraction of this collection of work lies in the varying lengths, diversity and variety of genres: from romance and mystery to fantasy and science fiction. There is something for everyone. While some are short and pithy, others are thought-provoking and satisfying. All are entertaining.
Shelagh Watkins

I am working on the final edit and should be finished in a couple of days. I have completed twenty-eight of thirty-three short stories and twenty-one of twenty-eight poems. That's 246 of 300 pages. Only 54 pages to go! I must admit it is very taxing work and I'll be glad when it's finished.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:54 am

I just re-read the foreword and went back and did an edit! LOL!

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:06 am

You must be exhausted.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:12 am

Shelagh exhausted? Never happen!
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Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:19 pm

Oh, well, Shelagh, I ignored that message as the work of some crazy hacker because I knew you wouldn't presume to say that UK English is Standard English. hahahaha sure right

M

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:40 pm

Quote :: Standard English
Standard English, also known as Standard Written English or SWE, is the form of English most widely accepted as being clear and proper.
Publishers, writers, educators, and others have over the years developed a consensus of what standard English consists of. It includes word choice, word order, punctuation, and spelling.
Standard English is especially helpful when writing because it maintains a fairly uniform standard of communication which can be understood by all speakers and users of English regardless of differences in dialect, pronunciation, and usage. This is why it is sometimes called Standard Written English.

UK English? Is that like US American?

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:03 pm

A good comparison, Shelagh.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:25 pm

She's the queen!

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:42 am

O mo chreach! UK English tells me it's only England's version as opposed to, say, Highland English or Scots. I, for one, hope Gaeligh will sweep English out of Scotland so people can speak properly again.

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America, of course, is a continent and not a nation, so "US American" tells you that the Canadians are still speaking and writing that old fashioned stuff with words for automobiles like tyres, boot, and bonnet, and that the Mexicans and Central Americans don't see English as a first language at all.

Nonetheless, you're still doing a a wonderful job on the anthology.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:35 pm

Malcom,
your rebuttal is good. Never thought of it quite that way.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:46 pm

Malcolm,

You can't have the last word. If there's one thing we gave the world, it's the English language and, no matter how much folks across the pond try to claim it as their own to do with it what they will, the Brits will win. We even beat you in the paralympics. It took a nation the size of China to beat us. Just like the English language, we started the paralympics and we are still waiting for the US to catch up.

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Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:48 pm

Pshaw

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:53 pm

And don't forget, they have a Queen.

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:19 pm

And so do we!!

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:57 pm

Malcolm wrote:: Pshaw

Absolutely

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:38 am

The Irish took a rather crude language that was inflicted upon them, refined it, then gave it back to the British because they didn't want it. Isn't that what happened?
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Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:25 am

I have good news. The anthology is ready to go to print. This is the final run down:

Words: 96,613
Pages: 300
Short stories: 34
Poems: 28
Contributors: 48

The target at the beginning of May was 100,000 words from 50 contributors.

The expect date of publication: end of September.

The first submission was received on May 21st 2008 and the last arrived on September 5th 2008.

As soon as the book is uploaded and the ISBN added, I'll post a link to lulu.com.

All systems go!

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:04 am

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Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:56 pm

Fantastic, Shelagh!! cheers

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:52 am

Wonderful! Very Happy

Subject: Re: Anthology ad? Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:23 am

... well it was until I uploaded the file! Lulu's wizard didn't like the fonts for the headings so I had to change them all! I couldn't wave a magic wand. I had to keep trying different fonts until it accepted one ... then I had to change all the headings! It has taken me all day but the downloaded pdf file looks good and is ready to go. Tomorrow, I'll upload the cover. Then the ISBN ...

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