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Re: Robert Newton biography

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Susan

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Date Posted: 13:44:23 09/10/02 Tue
In reply to: Tim Sanderson 's message, "Re: Robert Newton biography" on 07:55:40 09/09/02 Mon

Well, that's *two* yes votes! Thanks for your confidence in me! (Or are you just saying that cuz I write a "book" every time I post something here? ;-))

I appreciate your suggestions and encouragement! I've thought about a lot of the things you mentioned already. Of course, I wouldn't want to write a book *against* the family's wishes, so the first thing to do is to find out whether they have a problem with my writing one or whether it would even be redundant if they've got one going to press. At the same time, it's so exciting every time I uncover some new little tidbit of information about him--a quote or some anecdote or fact--it's like adding another piece to the puzzle, and I want to share it with his other fans. Robert Newton was such a fascinating person. I know it would be a lot of work and take a long time, but it would be a labor of love. Getting it published would be a wonderful, of course, but I wouldn't even mind if I had to self-publish, even on a scale of running off copies at Kinko's and mailing them to you interested folks as a supplement to the site. (I have no illusions of becoming a bestselling author or winning any Pulitzer prizes!) And I was already expecting to have to do some travel--all part of the fun. (Maybe I should've been a detective ... Hmm, like Inspector Fix, right?)

I'd really love to just keep adding to the website bio, if it weren't for the plagiarism issue. Maybe it's selfish of me, but, while I'm not expecting big profits or recognition, it really bothers me to have other people take credit for my work! Plus who wants to read a whole book's worth of stuff on their computer screen? I'd rather curl up with a nice bound volume that I can carry around with me that never "crashes" and I don't have to plug in.

Of course, help with such an undertaking would always be appreciated ... but it all hinges on whether the family has any objections. I'll let you know if I get a response.

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