Tuesday Evening Rundown

Welcome to the worst evening of the week...Tuesday! Let us get to the Rundown!!!

First up, the Rejectionist brings you her first query letter as a 7 1/2 year old and her formal breakdown of the query itself.

You'd be amazed how often this actually happens. I work for a credit union. I had a man recently where his social security number matched a dead woman. He was none too pleased. But fear not, those checks are put there for a reason and mistakes do happen.

Insuring his hair? For real? The idea is not totally new, of course. Check out this list of leg insureds.

And we are coming to the end of the summertime. Hope you all have a good one last hurrah.

Struggling Through The Days

It has been a rough one recently. I cannot convey all the things that are all going on in my life right now in the confines of this small blog. But it is overwhelming. And it really is all good too. Work is busy, busy, busy, booming. Not too many people out there can say that right now. I'm happy to have a job and all the overtime I want to take (but I can't stand working overtime). I'm back at school and working towards a goal of getting that degree that I never finished. And here, working on the publishing of J Clyde Carpenter's book. I'm here determining strategies. I'm working out time frames. And thinking through this process to make it all work in a smooth and professional way as possible. I'm not ready for more clients now but once I have a book or two under my belt...yeah, I want to expand to help someone else. Wish me luck in this very busy, very interesting time of my life.

The World Today

J Clyde Carpenter put up a great post today about the the current controversy regarding the mosque being constructed at ground zero. I always have felt that my father, as a man, was a well balanced individual. This comes through in this post loud and clear.

My take is the same and I think it is the reason the city of New York allowed this to become reality. The city looks at this as an opportunity to embrace diversity and to bring in the very group (Muslims) that many look to as the reason for 9/11. I know it is difficult but the city is taking the right step. Not every Muslim believes as Bin Laden, most that do would still never do what he has done. It is not the average Muslim fault for 9/11. Of all the things that President Bush did wrong, he got this message right. I think this is why we face a larger anti-Muslim sentiment than even immediately after 9/11.

I don't think President Obama has done a good job of dealing with these feelings. Twenty percent of Americans believe he is a Muslim or confused about his faith. I think this makes him vulnerable to these issues. But nonetheless, he has handled the mosque in New York poorly and the anti-Muslim drums just keep beating louder and louder. He needs to be a leader and I think he is failing in that regard.

I'm not trying to be overly political here. That isn't this blogs job. I'm not nearly smart enough to know the answer to everything. I acknowledge I may be wholly wrong. But above all else, I'm being wholly honest with you.

Two awesome posts I wish I could take the credit for

I love the Rejectionist. She is one of the most quirky, funny, smart, and weird person I have ever encountered on any blog I've encountered. One thing she preaches, hammers into the heads of all her readers...diversity. And it is not for diversity sake. She is writing about females in science fiction (she dedicated a whole week to the topic), minorities, racism, and her hate of vampire/angel queries. Today she had a guest blogger that talks about being black and a reader. It is fantastic. It not only deals with lack of black authors being represented but the ones that are recognized are writing things that "black people understand". One of the best posts I've seen on her site and you should check it out.

Nathan Bransford earlier this week posted about packaging services. There is not a thing I'm doing that you cannot do on your own. I'm a means to an end. I'm your biggest cheerleader. I will be your editor, not your copyeditor.

Tuesday Evening Rundown

Tuesday are, by far, the worst day of the week.  I'm going to make it a habit of bringing you some news and levity to Tuesdays.   Welcome to the Tuesday Evening Rundown!

• If I have two dos equis' in a evening...does that mean I had four regular equis'?
• No fake conversations but plenty of rabid toupees here.
• Um, ouch.  And damn.
• I love this kid.  

Control

Control, such a simple yet powerful word.  When you have control it's powerful, confident, and fulfilling.  When you have lost control you are weak, helpless, and at another party's mercy.  It is that simple.  Starting Kamcarp Publishing is establishing an element of control where none existed before.  The editing, cover design, printing, and all the marketing are within our grasp now.  It will not be given to a third party for hand-wringing session and wait, hurry up to wait some more.  If our contractors are not measuring up, we can take our business elsewhere.  Control.  It is that simple.  We are putting forth our best effort.  We will make mistakes.  It won't be easy.  But we will not be bending to held to someone else's watch.  We will make the rules now as much as we can.

Welcome to Kamcarp Publishing

Welcome!  I'm starting this publishing company in response to the horrible situation that is happening to many of the authors that signed up with Indianapolis publisher New Century. Many authors have been taken advantage of, one of them happens to be someone very close to me, my father.  J Clyde Carpenter has previously published a book Cold Trail in 2007.  He was signed up for his book Connecting the Bloody Dots before he found out the issues that New Century was facing.  My dad made a comment to me that he wished that he could take the reins of publishing himself and have more control over the entire process.  And that is how Kamcarp Publishing was born.  I started researching how he could go about printing his own novels.  I found, while it may be a lot of work, it is something that could be done.  This is our adventure.  In the coming months Kamcarp Publishing will be releasing J Clyde Carpenter's El Paso Rain later in 2010 or early 2011.  Please follow this blog as I learn the trials, tribulations, successes, and fun that becoming a publisher can be.