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May 27 08 6:02 PM
May 27 08 6:09 PM
Burgomaster
May 27 08 7:52 PM
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May 27 08 10:07 PM
Well, I'm going to include about 200 photos--I still have to get a few, will be going up to Hollywood Booknposter on Friday. Why? Did you have something in mind?
I'm just razzing Frank, who's done a cluster of terrific drawings/cartoons/sketches for the book, including his first-ever stab at IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE's Xenomorph. But I'm keeping all his art under wraps--you'll have to buy the bleedin' book to see it. (at least initially.) By the way, Frank, I do need to talk to you about how to get the art to McFarland; they DO want to work from the originals.
Jun 5 08 7:30 PM
Jun 5 08 8:39 PM
Bill Warren wrote: I'm now preparing the files for printing--something like 2800 pages, maybe more. Yow. Plus 200 or so photos. Plus Frank's art. Shaping up pretty good, I think.
Jun 5 08 10:51 PM
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Jun 18 08 9:46 PM
Even though McFarland said I can print out the first 100 pages (out of 2800) only, sending the rest on disc, I was determined to do it right and finished printing the entire thing a day or two ago. It took something less than a week. Then my Research Associate regretfully pointed out that I made several major errors--I stupidly simply >omitted< some films, mostly because of shifting files around from Scan Of Original Book to Rough Draft to Final Draft. I now have inserted all these omissions. And I'm still planning on printing out the entire manuscript--again, mostly to prove (to myself) that I can do it--and also to see what the whole manuscript looks like. It took many reams of paper. Think nice thoughts.
Jun 18 08 10:21 PM
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Jun 19 08 2:28 AM
HalLane wrote: But Bill, surely you can just print out the pages that have been corrected, can't you? (Don't number the pages -- let McFarland add their own page numbers.)
McFarland requires the pages to be numbered. There were five entries that somehow I failed to include properly the first time around (I'm very grateful to Bill Thomas, my Research Associate, who caught the omissions), and they're scattered through the book--one each in the A, J, K, P and V sections--so the numbering is completely askew. Oddly, though, I've found as I absorb them in and remove some unnecessary white space (between an entry and the following one), the new page numbers are only 10 or so off the old ones. But I haven't finished yet. My plan at this point is to yes, begin reprinting all the pages. I still have some photos coming from the great Still Things website; I can't send the book in until I have all the stills (and frame grabs) in hand. I'll continue to print the pages until the photos arrive; when I have written captions for them, I'll stop printing. I'm sure I'll be way past 100 pages. When I began this project about four years ago, I thought it would take me about a year to rewrite the entries the way I wanted to, but it's taken a whole hell of a lot longer than that, and come out much larger than I initially expected. I originally told Robbie Franklin (head of McFarland) that it would be >shorter< than the original edition. Hardy har har. I >think< I've done something worthwhile here--that is, I think the revision has made this a better book. But I'm not the final judge of that. At least it will have more photos. And Frank Dietz's drawings. I'm quite aware of how much this would/will cost to ship; that's of little concern; I've spent so much time and money on it already a bit more is a mere bag of shells.. I wanted to actually DO this, to see the result, to hold it in my, uh, well, couldn't hold it in ONE hand--but I wanted to hold it anyway, to see the bulk of this project. And I don't give two tenths of a damn if other people think this is a waste of time. It is, after all, MY time to waste.
Jun 19 08 6:46 AM
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Jun 19 08 9:34 PM
TomWeaver999 wrote: I'm thinkin' of the planet too, guy. Save a tree. 30 pound box containing unwanted-unneeded hard-copy manuscript being transported cross-country -- more pollution there. Unread manuscript goes into garbage, ink goes into eco-system. Ai yi yi. You're not the only one on this planet, y'know!
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