A Sentence From My Forthcoming Book...

Posted by khalling 13 years, 3 months ago to Books
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"This was not the drudgery of tasks associated with a 9 to 5 job; this was the excitement of completing goals that led to infinite possibilities—the company he would build, the exciting technologies he would get to work on and maybe that twin engine Piper Aztec he and Warren had been talking about buying." Thoughts?


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  • Posted by fivedollargold 13 years, 3 months ago
    Nicely constructed sentence. What is your book about?
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    • Posted by 13 years, 3 months ago
      you weren't supposed to focus on the construction, five dollar-:)
      "In a race against time to save his sister’s life, a brilliant inventor uncovers a government conspiracy to steal the very technology that could save her. Now his own life is in danger and with nowhere to turn the fight becomes personal."
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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 13 years, 3 months ago
    Nice job! I hope they get to buy that Piper, but due to government regulation it will probably be one of those stupid Smart cars that are the size of a wheel barrel. Are you still in manuscript form, or are you on the next phase yet?
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    • Posted by 13 years, 3 months ago
      good point. We are sending out the queries for an agent. We did shoot it to one publisher and within a week they asked for the manuscript. I'd say the old adage "we're keeping our fingers crossed" but you and I both know, not one thing ever got accomplished that way :)
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 13 years, 3 months ago
    Intriguing.
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    • Posted by 13 years, 3 months ago
      I responded to five dollar with the blurb on what it's about, but I posted the sentence in here because, the last couple of days, the striker stories have me down rather than feeling glad people have decided to do something for themselves and the country we once had. So I went to our work in progress (I am co-writing with my husband) to find how our protagonist felt in the beginning, before the crony theft and government over-reach.
      Partly, to get the "right" feeling back. That yankee ingenuity or, as I call it, rugged individualism- will our children even get a chance to try that on before they are forced to shrug? is it possible that their whole lives will be focused on getting our Constitution back-instead of building their own dreams?
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      • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 13 years, 3 months ago
        Hello khalling,
        I know what you mean. I get so discouraged when everyday we are treated to another event that mimics the ones responsible for the breakdown in the AS world, and common to real world history. I hope to live long enough to see some common sense return to governance and the recognition of the folly of progressive/ Marxist doctrine. Unfortunately the current direction and the time it takes relative to the expected life span I face, leaves me thinking I will be very unhappy leaving this world without seeing a most unfortunate revolution of sorts. I only hope it is peaceful and occurs while I can still see the return of sanity, propriety, and pass it on.

        From the beginning of our revolution until we created our constitution the span was eleven years. It is possible, and I hope our succeeding generations can match or improve upon that timeframe. This will take a concerted effort educating those who do not know what they have lost, or what their future should be.

        Best of prospects for your book, it sounds like a winner.
        Regards,
        O.A.
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  • Posted by matadorsalsa 13 years, 2 months ago
    khalling: I was going to call you out on "yea me too" but now am curious. Are you a stay-at-home or part of the business [1]? Still, from that family how are you in a 9-5, or was that rhetorical?

    Let me know if you have any contacts on a book along the lines of my story. I can do it but a collaboration would be helpful. Where was the piece you were going to do on engineers?

    Miguel

    [1] http://hallingblog.com/guest-post-engine...
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    • Posted by matadorsalsa 13 years, 2 months ago
      khalling: Yes, and I was merely trying to inject humor. In the other post your "yea me too" seemed to commiserate with someone about a 9-5 job, something that I thought you did not have (not knowing you were the wife too). So I was joking about "calling you out" on being a 9-5'er, but not doing so, because it appeared you were not the principal of the business I thought you were but you were somehow related. Granted, that working your own business like I did when I was young means working 70 hours a week, but it is often not the same grind (Avoiding attorneys fees, now that is a grind to avoid). Usually we desire things to work correctly, not to be done with it in a toss-it type manner.

      My story is the complicated detail of why there is no free market in high tech labor except for the connected (James Taggart types, pretenders most of them). It sounds like your book goes off in a different direction. If someone is interested I have a choice Dept of Labor letter and other documentation.
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      • Posted by 13 years, 2 months ago
        the main reason is because of weak patent laws. Contributing factors: accounting systems that give no credit for the process of invention and suggest profit is due solely to manufacturing. and we keep restricting access to capital(SOX).
        we are the good kind of attorney. inventions, trademarks and a little copyright and NO litigation.
        It seems as though you have a similar background with my husband. what kind of optics were you working with?
        our book will comment on these things, but since they are start from an entrepreneurial
        set-up, we do not discuss salaries for high tech producers. it is why you see a shortage of US churned new engineers and It's why my husband became an attorney and why we have had several startups.
        it in no way has anything to do with the dumbing down of our children, or lack of interest. people will choose careers where the difficulty of the job pays for that difficulty. and at least before the AIA passes, US minds were uniquely geared to disruptive innovation and that permeated all of society. that is changing now, and the big, crony multinationals will stop innovating quickly (no matter what Glenn Beck says). My husband wrote a book about this, you can see it on his blog.
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    • Posted by 13 years, 2 months ago
      matador, I'd give you answers but I'm left with questions about your questions to me.
      1."yea me too" call me out? call me out on what exactly?
      2.I am part of our primary business, and that is well-known in here, via the way you found my husband's blog
      3.9-5, are you referring to my comments on the post about CPAC including goPride?
      4.contacts for a book along your story. sum up your story again, I can see your degrees, but give me the 5th grade version of the "story"
      I kinda remember saying that when I was worked about something-do you remember what the conversation was about?
      now, to your main question. I am married, obviously, with two grown children. When they were young, I was a stay at home mom, most of the time, until the children were farther along in school. Then I was full time, but arranged my job so that I went in early and was home in time to pick up my children. I loved having a career, however, I am very bad at figuring out how to juggle. Eventually, we decided it was best for us as a family if I cut way back. Did and done. But, for the last 4 years I work in my husband's practice and write. Does that answer your question?
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    • Posted by overmanwarrior 13 years, 3 months ago
      Oh, there you go again. Trying to shoot down the dreams of someone reaching for the stars. No wonder liberals need the government so much, because they gave up on dreaming a long time ago.
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