well..after 9 years..i'm an author.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Ryan, congrats on both accords! I give a huge amount of respect to anyone able to write a book worth reading, it takes an incredible amount of talent.

[Christien]

Hey Ryan, congrats on the book and job! Good to hear some positive news coming from you. Hard to believe all these stories of the recession hurting everyone. My company lost money for the first time this year, but not overly significant, and we'll hang on, which i guess is the best you can hope for.

Good luck with the car sale - sorry I can't be the new owner right now, and I still can't believe it hasn't sold. If business takes off in the spring like I hope it will, I'll be in touch I need a year-round 911 - heat in the winter, cabrio in the summer!

[Christien]

I just went through the amazon purchase - really quite painless, including downloading Kindle for PC, so really starting from scratch, except that I already had an amazon account, so I didn't have to set that up. They really do make it easy - total time invested was maybe 60 seconds. Sounds like an interesting book!

[9dreizig]

Ryan, great to hear from you!!! I"m going to download it and also tell Chris, Janus and F'in Charlie about it ( they aren't on OT much). I"m also going to forward the link to a buddy of mine that has written a couple of screen plays for some films.
Stay in touch dude!!

[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Ryan,

Know what you are feeling. Got the call three weeks ago and am now back with my old employer here in town. Start full time in mid-January and on cloud nine right now.

Congrats and hope that things keep moving in the right direction!

Joe A

hey, joe..i didn't know you'd spent time 'grounded'.. glad to hear you're back in the air. i don't wanna admit how long it's been. ya know..i've alluded..aviation has been such a double-edged sword for me. did hear you're gonna be a father? i think i saw a thread along those lines. when's the due date for little joe?

[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by Christien

I just went through the amazon purchase - really quite painless, including downloading Kindle for PC, so really starting from scratch, except that I already had an amazon account, so I didn't have to set that up. They really do make it easy - total time invested was maybe 60 seconds. Sounds like an interesting book!

hey christien! thanks, buddy! i saw your purchase in my report. lol..they're not hard to track..sales volume is manageable.. anyway, i really hope you find some time in the coming year to give it a read. i'm going to post a link here i think to a writer's forum i joined a few weeks ago where we offer/share critiques, etc. wish i'd known of it a long time ago.

no worries on the car. i got your message..my bad i didn't reply to let you know i received it..it's just been the holidays and my usual life drama..i just forgot..
best,
ryan

[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by 9dreizig

Ryan, great to hear from you!!! I"m going to download it and also tell Chris, Janus and F'in Charlie about it ( they aren't on OT much). I"m also going to forward the link to a buddy of mine that has written a couple of screen plays for some films.
Stay in touch dude!!

todd, man that's killer i'm like randy quaid's character cousin eddie in christmas vacation..'just glad to be here'..the book that is.. i've actually given a good bit of thought to attempting a screenplay version..i keep hearing that would be a good undertaking. besides the sci-fi stuff, it's got romance, too. but if you tear up reading it, you don't have to tell me..

[Christien]

Originally Posted by bigchillcar

hey christien! thanks, buddy! i saw your purchase in my report. lol..they're not hard to track..sales volume is manageable.. anyway, i really hope you find some time in the coming year to give it a read. i'm going to post a link here i think to a writer's forum i joined a few weeks ago where we offer/share critiques, etc. wish i'd known of it a long time ago.

no worries on the car. i got your message..my bad i didn't reply to let you know i received it..it's just been the holidays and my usual life drama..i just forgot..
best,
ryan

Don't worry about it - I think it was just wishful thinking on my part, at least for now. Such a beautiful car, though... sigh...

Anyway, I'm around p. 700 of War and Peace right now, so I'll still be literature-ly in Russia for the next while After that I've got Treasure Island lined up - my 3 year old is ridiculously crazy about pirates, so I want to read what I understand is the source of all our pirate lore. After that will be your book. I did read a bit of the prologue and the first page today - the first page is really intriguing - sounds like a fun read, so I'm looking forward to it.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by bigchillcar

hey, joe..i didn't know you'd spent time 'grounded'.. glad to hear you're back in the air. i don't wanna admit how long it's been. ya know..i've alluded..aviation has been such a double-edged sword for me. did hear you're gonna be a father? i think i saw a thread along those lines. when's the due date for little joe?

Please lets chill on the kid situation! Am really hoping that nothing has happened and that this is the last we hear about me being a dad with the mom being 1000 miles away and not interested in moving.

Anyways its been an off and on situation. Old company closed in 2005 and threw all of us out in the street. We did overseas contract work for 3 years then 2008 found a full time gig that lasted only 14 months then laid off again in August of this year.

Is so nice to have something firm coming together again... and hope it does for you as well!

Joe

[bigchillcar]

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for any interested comments on the book from some fellow writers on my writing forum, as well as the first 11 of 75 chapters. we all make portions of our books available online there for comments, critiquing..

[Milu]

Care to swap reads?
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[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by Milu

Care to swap reads?
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milu - your book?

[Milu]

That's right

The draft I have on computer is more polished with fewer typos etc but the one uploaded is fairly readable.

[cashflyer]

I plan on writing a book one day, but I need to study a bit more on "statute of limitations" law.

Congrats, Ryan!

[Milu]

NB

All Pelicans have a moral obligation to register on the Authonomy site and back our books!

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

I plan on writing a book one day, but I need to study a bit more on "statute of limitations" law.

Congrats, Ryan!

I'm in the same boat. Perhaps we can share our research.

Good job Ryan. We WILL catch a VH show together on the next tour.

[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by Milu

That's right

The draft I have on computer is more polished with fewer typos etc but the one uploaded is fairly readable.

'lanson' man, you're backed! it's been a lonnnng day..started at 7 am and finally wrapping up to go to bed and get going again in 7 hours. small world for sure.
best,
ryan

[bigchillcar]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I'm in the same boat. Perhaps we can share our research.

Good job Ryan. We WILL catch a VH show together on the next tour.

rick - you still playing? i got a evh mxr phase 90 for xmas, but was a demo model and someone must have fried it with the wrong power adapter, so another cpl weeks before i can try it out. i do have a digitech rp500..don't know if you have a modeling pedal board....too many options in hindsight...would rather have made one with the few components i really use. i'm still playing, but not as much..my brother and i haven't uploaded since may i think. i got a video cam for xmas, so i hope to figure it out and do some when i get time. i've been playing more acoustic stuff lately..got the intro to 'take your whiskey home' nailed..love that one..once i got the feel, it was on! also finally playing the intro and interlude to 'full bug' correctly..had been just faking it. for a change of pace, this week it was nancy wilson's of heart's sweet intro to 'crazy on you'..always loved it.

[Rick Lee]

Yes, still playing. I got a badge for NAMM in two weeks and EVH has a booth there for his gear. The local Fender rep. told me he knows nothing, which means something is going down. I hear this is the one event EVH never misses, even when he's in rehab. I hope I finally get to meet him. Full report upon my return.