Post by ljoseph on Feb 26, 2013 20:46:35 GMT -8
I never really got to communicate with a bunch of authors so I'll tell you the story about the story.
Basically it started out as a conversation among 3 generations, most of whom are no longer with us. But while it was happening it occurred to me that a lot of this info, well it's stuff that people are really interested in today do to various factors. And it all updated so nicely and it's all still perfectly workable today. See like many people I was kinda raised with that value of stocking up, saving, laying by, always making sure you have enough and it is very much a rural or even post-depression thing handed down to us by generations very nearly gone. And what we saw in events like hurricanes and such is that so very many people didn't have this sense of things. And man did they suffer for it.
Time marches on, this winter had much of the Northeast without power for weeks. Things happen.
So I started taking notes and was able to piece out a conversation. So that's what the first version was, just a transcription. But it was unreadable as 3 speakers.
So I had to chop and hash the whole thing down into a monologue. And I had to chop out most of the storytelling. For non-fiction this one was loaded to the brim with stories at first that kinda needed to go to stay on topic and not get lost. However I'm saving those stories up and more for another book.
So in fact, despite that this book is more than 2/3 how-to and reference, it's not ENTIRELY non fiction for the simple fact that I twisted a real event that was based on real history into a monologue. The facts remain the facts.
Hidden Harvest: Long Term Food Storage Techniques For Rich And Poor.
It's supposed to give you a kind of overview while grounding you in some facts and science that enable you to MANAGE food supplies. It's the book about food that doesn't have one single recipe in it.
And yes I charge for it but look around and find the site that has been giving away the basic info for a while now. That was the basic mission, just get the info out there. Now self publishing has become it's own little realm of fascination. I feel as if I am being helplessly drawn into yet another black hole.
Basically it started out as a conversation among 3 generations, most of whom are no longer with us. But while it was happening it occurred to me that a lot of this info, well it's stuff that people are really interested in today do to various factors. And it all updated so nicely and it's all still perfectly workable today. See like many people I was kinda raised with that value of stocking up, saving, laying by, always making sure you have enough and it is very much a rural or even post-depression thing handed down to us by generations very nearly gone. And what we saw in events like hurricanes and such is that so very many people didn't have this sense of things. And man did they suffer for it.
Time marches on, this winter had much of the Northeast without power for weeks. Things happen.
So I started taking notes and was able to piece out a conversation. So that's what the first version was, just a transcription. But it was unreadable as 3 speakers.
So I had to chop and hash the whole thing down into a monologue. And I had to chop out most of the storytelling. For non-fiction this one was loaded to the brim with stories at first that kinda needed to go to stay on topic and not get lost. However I'm saving those stories up and more for another book.
So in fact, despite that this book is more than 2/3 how-to and reference, it's not ENTIRELY non fiction for the simple fact that I twisted a real event that was based on real history into a monologue. The facts remain the facts.
Hidden Harvest: Long Term Food Storage Techniques For Rich And Poor.
It's supposed to give you a kind of overview while grounding you in some facts and science that enable you to MANAGE food supplies. It's the book about food that doesn't have one single recipe in it.
And yes I charge for it but look around and find the site that has been giving away the basic info for a while now. That was the basic mission, just get the info out there. Now self publishing has become it's own little realm of fascination. I feel as if I am being helplessly drawn into yet another black hole.
