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Author: | Bemused [ Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Should a book be published? |
Author: | Bemused [ Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
Anyone interested in this type of project? Worth a discussion? My own view is that I've been asked several times to write a book about my story. There are numerous articles in various publications which give it a brief overview. I did think about writing something more substantial when I got back from Europe last year, but my journey in some ways came to a most welcome conclusion after spending time with my English relatives and finding a loving, caring family that I belonged in. However I'm happy to be involved in a collabrative effort, but my skill is writing (and that is debatable), not the business side of navigating publishing whether it be in print or web based. NZ is a small country and not big enough to warrant much effort in trying to publish much here, on the other hands the States is much bigger and has a huge Bible Belt (around a large girth ). What I find most people are interested in down here, is the scale of the scandal, how it was kept quiet and where this journey has led, with all it's international intrigue and involvement of some interesting world players. Exosing the latter could be a sensitive issue. Then of course there are all the issues of what format to take. Who can contribute. Do offenders get named. Are the deceased granted partial pardons out of respect. What happens the royalties. And what will Raz wear when she is interviewed by Oprah? Well that's my two cents worth, anyone else with bright ideas? P.s. there is considerable creative talent about, it would be a shame to not use it, if the opportunity arose. |
Author: | mosquito bite [ Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
Hmmmmm. Worth a discussion. I wish we could collaborate in all areas. Can stories only be told by those who lived them? How long do you have to wait to tell the story of those who covered up? |
Author: | mosquito bite [ Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
With care With care At the right time Dare So we wait Til this right time Shows up How long? How long, O Lord? Can we With His infinite patience Wait? Not likely That we'll show that amount of patience Waiting for the right timeā¦. We try We try And we don't GIVE UP. |
Author: | Raz [ Mon Feb 08, 2016 3:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
That's right!!! |
Author: | Deja do [ Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
How do we know when the time is right? Will there be an all knowing light? Or will we wait Till it's to late Which is what will give NTM great delight! I'm with Bemused, this is an excellent subject to discuss, not just agree with each other that some time, one day, whenever someone gets round to it, something might be written, if the spirit is willing and we aren't all so old and doooooo lalllly that we don't know our nose from our behind! My opinion is that it is written by an outsider with a bent for unbiased investigative journalism and that person is not encumbered by threats from those who do not want the book written because they are scared of the truth coming out. This is a major scandal we are involved in folks and it is high time that we took the next step to making sure this never happens again! And the best way to make sure that happens is by publicity! |
Author: | mosquito bite [ Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
I vote for the outsider. Good idea. |
Author: | Bemused [ Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:31 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
Currently Mrs Bemused and I are reading "Lost Boy" by Brent W. Jeffs (with Maia Szalvitz), which is the story of a polygamist sect of the Mormons. It's very well written (which is why Mrs Bemused is reading it). This seems to be a format that works well as I've read several books like this, where a writer helps to tell the story of abuse in a religious group. I had to smile when I read his opinion of the endless sermons as a child that were very repititious, that rang a big bell Also of interest was that the group set up their own school so that they could keep their children in the group and control what they were brainwashed with. |
Author: | mosquito bite [ Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
Oh, I read the story of a woman who escaped Mormonism. So many sad and familiar themes. |
Author: | Bemused [ Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:17 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Should a book be published? |
Is Mormonism a cult? Or just offshoots of it considered to be? I had an exchange with a website author who listed all the cults and sects in New Zealand. My problem with his listing is that his definition of a cult seemed to be anyone who didn't believe in what he did. Any group that had a long track record of abusing children was not a cult, if they expressed the same religious dogma he did. |
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