Planning on writing a book, needing help though

[Red Phoenix]

After getting back to researching the way things are currently screwed up with the world, and also looking back at my old research (I had a news and research site from middle of last year up until part of the way through this year.) I've decided to try writing short book, but need funding. So am thinking of setting up a page on here : http://www.indiegogo.com/

 

And trying to raise about 750 quid to see me up until crimbo so I can get it written, most of that will basically pay my rent. So am just making this to see if it's likely or not I'll get any support to get it moving.

 

I know some of you might think "Get a fucking job and do it in your spare time." (and bank loans are out of the question, I doubt they'd fund my research when their own corruption is part of the problem that the research will go into.) But I want this to be my job, writing and researching, (I often spend dozens of hours a week researching various issues just for the sake of learning, it's just something I like doing.) and after being out of work for a while now and also having depression issues, it's not going to be easy to just go back to signing on shortly and get work.

 

I obviously loathe signing on, especially seeing as those of us out of work are increasingly being made to look like criminals by the Tories at the moment, but the main thing is that I believe I can write a book covering some basic research that can actually help people, and if it works, I can maybe end up being self employed writing books and also maintaining a website connected to this research. Even if it fails and I have to eventually find other work, at least there'll be a book to show for this. (I'm also nearing the 1st draft of a fiction book, but that's another subject completely. It's definitely helped me learn how to write better though, and understand how to start from note-taking to written chapters, which should help this go a lot better and faster.)

 

It's not about trying to be a big writer, well known researcher, etc. Just want self-employment, to be able to help others with my research, and say goodbye to the dole office. The book will be split into sections that will include something like : Health, Politics and Economics, Corporations, The War Machine, Media, and the Surveillance State. The idea isn't to get into deep research that could take a long time to do, but to help people new to these issues learn some of the basic issues that they can then move on from and learn further.

 

It'll be public domain, all of the book will be online, then hopefully an e-book and an actual book will be sorted out, probably by using something like http://www.lulu.com/

 

Anyway, it's a big task to get it done by crimbo if I go for it, (and yeah it might take into january if I think it's worth taking longer to do it as best as I can.) but I already have some old site posts and some notes written to start from, and secondly I'm confident that after spending so much time researching these issues I can work out fairly quickly the structure of the book, then get on with it.

 

So thanks if anyone can help. If it looks likely that it might work after checking with some other people I'm also planning on asking, will get an indiegogo page set up next week some time, finish being on sick benefit and sign off for the time being to work on it.

[Red Phoenix]

Nevermind research, get a fucking job you lazy cunt, etc.

[General Dryness]

It should be about an elephant who loses his balloon. You'll make millions.

[dennis tooth]

If you build it they will come.

 

I hope you can reach the heights of book writing, and die unrecognised for a few hundred years and penniless and broke like all the great writers.

[Red Phoenix]

It should be about an elephant who loses his balloon. You'll make millions.

 

That's fucking wierd actually, you mean the Black Books thing? Just ran a search to see what you meant. That book had Stalin in it that's all, and Stalin is in the first rought bit of writing I've made for this. (about Socialism.)

[Red Phoenix]

If you build it they will come. I hope you can reach the heights of book writing, and die unrecognised for a few hundred years and penniless and broke like all the great writers.

 

Would rather avoid the ups and downs and just be steadily self-employed! Thanks for the first bit though, you might be right.

[General Dryness]

That's fucking wierd actually, you mean the Black Books thing? Just ran a search to see what you meant. That book had Stalin in it that's all, and Stalin is in the first rought bit of writing I've made for this. (about Socialism.)

 

Cosmic alignment.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

What do you mean by research, mate?

[Fugitive]

What do you mean by research, mate?

Think I've just negged you when I meant to quote you. Was gonna make a joke but the moment has passed.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Think I've just negged you when I meant to quote you. Was gonna make a joke but the moment has passed.

THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE!

[Jonjo Baldy]

I'm paying for your JSA you no good lazy criminal scrounger :angry: if your disabled then go run off a cliff!

[Fugitive]

Research....

 

www.davidicke.com

www.conspiracytheories.com

www.pornhub.com

[Red Phoenix]

What do you mean by research, mate?

 

Gathering information on subjects that I've listed,

checking the sources,

checking for multiple sources,

checking for accuracy, etc,

making sure I understand what I'm writing about to a level that I can write clearly enough for it to work,

arranging it into chapters that seem best for people newer to the subjects covered.

 

I'll not state that something is or isn't the case if it's unclear, but if I think it should be added because it could further someone else's research, will go for it.

 

Anyway, I'll have some draft chapters written and put on a new site ready for if I get this going, so people can read some of it before they decide to support me or not, so you'll be able to see if it happens and judge for yourself. If you decide you don't like it though, I'd prefer to know why so that I can look at what might be wrong and try to fix it if needed, and thanks if so.

 

Also : the whole book might go up gradually as the time passes on a site, so any errors anyone spots can be fixed, or questions asked, etc. I want to be open about it, and the whole thing will be public domain too, like I said.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Throw a link my way, because I'll forget about absolutely everything in about 7 minutes.

[Red Phoenix]

Research....

 

www.davidicke.com

www.conspiracytheories.com

www.pornhub.com

 

Thanks, will maybe add reptiles from Icke, chemtrails from the 2nd link, then some tits? A tittied, chemtrailing reptile could sell books actually. At least it's original too.

 

Throw a link my way, because I'll forget about absolutely everything in about 7 minutes.

Will do next week sometime if I get it moving.

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

After getting back to researching the way things are currently screwed up with the world, and also looking back at my old research (I had a news and research site from middle of last year up until part of the way through this year.) I've decided to try writing short book, but need funding. So am thinking of setting up a page on here : http://www.indiegogo.com/

 

And trying to raise about 750 quid to see me up until crimbo so I can get it written, most of that will basically pay my rent. So am just making this to see if it's likely or not I'll get any support to get it moving.

 

I know some of you might think "Get a fucking job and do it in your spare time." (and bank loans are out of the question, I doubt they'd fund my research when their own corruption is part of the problem that the research will go into.) But I want this to be my job, writing and researching, (I often spend dozens of hours a week researching various issues just for the sake of learning, it's just something I like doing.) and after being out of work for a while now and also having depression issues, it's not going to be easy to just go back to signing on shortly and get work.

 

I obviously loathe signing on, especially seeing as those of us out of work are increasingly being made to look like criminals by the Tories at the moment, but the main thing is that I believe I can write a book covering some basic research that can actually help people, and if it works, I can maybe end up being self employed writing books and also maintaining a website connected to this research. Even if it fails and I have to eventually find other work, at least there'll be a book to show for this. (I'm also nearing the 1st draft of a fiction book, but that's another subject completely. It's definitely helped me learn how to write better though, and understand how to start from note-taking to written chapters, which should help this go a lot better and faster.)

 

It's not about trying to be a big writer, well known researcher, etc. Just want self-employment, to be able to help others with my research, and say goodbye to the dole office. The book will be split into sections that will include something like : Health, Politics and Economics, Corporations, The War Machine, Media, and the Surveillance State. The idea isn't to get into deep research that could take a long time to do, but to help people new to these issues learn some of the basic issues that they can then move on from and learn further.

 

It'll be public domain, all of the book will be online, then hopefully an e-book and an actual book will be sorted out, probably by using something like http://www.lulu.com/

 

Anyway, it's a big task to get it done by crimbo if I go for it, (and yeah it might take into january if I think it's worth taking longer to do it as best as I can.) but I already have some old site posts and some notes written to start from, and secondly I'm confident that after spending so much time researching these issues I can work out fairly quickly the structure of the book, then get on with it.

 

So thanks if anyone can help. If it looks likely that it might work after checking with some other people I'm also planning on asking, will get an indiegogo page set up next week some time, finish being on sick benefit and sign off for the time being to work on it.

Good luck on this mate as it is a great idea. If I might suggest you start with the G8 meetings ( 2010 Canada is a good one) as you will find many other things tie in with it. The police state and Fema camps and obviously banking all fall into them meetings. The way the police have training for riots and for martial law happen when these meetings take place. They also use the latest riot control appliances out on the crowds and how the army are there to patrolling the streets but obviously they shouldn't be there doing the police patrols at all. Then the uniforms they wear for it appear a variation of the police uniforms and army uniforms.

It really opens up a whole lot of stuff and poses a lot of questions and issues.

[Red Phoenix]

Good luck on this mate as it is a great idea. If I might suggest you start with the G8 meetings ( 2010 Canada is a good one) as you will find many other things tie in with it. The police state and Fema camps and obviously banking all fall into them meetings. The way the police have training for riots and for martial law happen when these meetings take place. They also use the latest riot control appliances out on the crowds and how the army are there to patrolling the streets but obviously they shouldn't be there doing the police patrols at all. Then the uniforms they wear for it appear a variation of the police uniforms and army uniforms.

It really opens up a whole lot of stuff and poses a lot of questions and issues.

 

Thanks. The militarization of the police in America is something that I find alarming actually, to say the least, and would've probably covered that. The G8 meetings hadn't come to mind though so will make sure to note that down, cheers. As for FEMA camps, that seems like it's going a little too far into conspiracy theory territory and would maybe get people's backs up and/or switch them off, so unless I find some decent info on what's going on there, probably not.

 

It's basically because I'm trying to avoid what could be labelled as conspiracy theory if it's something I don't have research/sources that I think are decent enough to back it up. I'll make my own claims if they can be supported with enough research, but if it seems too wierd it's going to go against the idea that the book is for, and that's to help the average person (whatever average is.) with some information that mainstream media is too conflicted to report about. (I'm starting with health for this exact reason.) It's not a new concept as people have been doing it for ages, but as time passes there's always more to add into new books, so with effort I should be able to make it worthwhile.

 

BTW I'm not saying the idea of, or evidence for FEMA camps is too far out there, maybe it isn't, just seems that way from what I've read of them so far. It's not so much that some might have been built, or have been built, but what some people seem to think they're going to be used for. (and sometimes they seem to state what they'll be used for with hardly any type of evidence at all, so it makes me wary of going there.)

[Jose Jones]

Books are a bit past it if you want to make a living writing this sort of stuff aren't they?

Wouldn't a website with a blog and forum set up to attract donations and/or adverts be an easier way to generate ongoing funds?

You can then use the website to ask fellow travellers to buy your book once you have completed it by rehashing and editing your already posted content.

 

Play your cards right and not only will you be able to make a decent living, you could get signed up to write a blog for CNN a couple of times a week.

[Red Phoenix]

Books are a bit past it if you want to make a living writing this sort of stuff aren't they?

Wouldn't a website with a blog and forum set up to attract donations and/or adverts be an easier way to generate ongoing funds?

You can then use the website to ask fellow travellers to buy your book once you have completed it by rehashing and editing your already posted content.

 

Play your cards right and not only will you be able to make a decent living, you could get signed up to write a blog for CNN a couple of times a week.

 

I'm planning on mixing both up, but am really wanting to get a book sorted now, it's been on my mind for ages and am determined to get on with it. As for rehashing/editing already posted content, that's partially what I'm doing already as I used to have a site related to this same area. Thanks for the suggestion though! The thing with websites is that I plod along with them, if I set a date with this book and just go for it, I can at least get this done, get some writing discipline sorted out, and then look at the website once the book is done.

 

Anyway, this IS going to change a decent bit I think, but just to give a final idea of the type of direction I'm going in with this, especially for those that think I'm going to write an Icke-style sci-fi conspiracy book. It's the first rough idea of sections and chapters that I'm going to use to start gathering notes :

 

 

Introduction

 

Health

 

 - Refined Sugar

 - Saturated Fat

 - Trans Fats

 - Omega 3 to 6 Ratio

 - Vitamins and Minerals

 

Environment

 

 - Keystone Pipeline

 - Lago Agrio oil field

 - Fracking

 - Electric Vehicles

 - Solar Power

 

Politics and Economics

 

 - Glass–Steagall

 - Financial Crisis

 - A Legion of Think Tanks

 - What Democracy?

 - Anarchism

 

Corporations

 

 - Monsanto

 - Defence Contractors

 - Mainstream Media

 - Banks

 - Big Oil and Gas

 - Democratize The Corporations

 

The War On Terror

 

 - Patriot Act

 - NDAA

 - Al-Qaeda

 

The War On Socialism

 

 - Misconceptions of Socialism

 - Middle East

 - South America

 - Elsewhere

 

The Battle For The Internet

 

 - Cyber Wars

 - Operation Earnest Voice

 - Prism

 - Utah Data Center

 - GCHQ

 - BRICS Cable

 - Anonymous P2P

 - Cryptocurrencies

 - Decentralized Networking

 

Conclusion

 

 

Remember I have some stuff written already in old site posts, and some of those parts will be brief enough to do in a day. I've got the website anyway, now to spend a few days getting some writing sorted. Will link once some writing is added and it's started.

[General Dryness]

I'm not happy with that contents list. It seems somewhat grounded in reality on the face of things. I think leaving out something a bit mental is a mistake. If Icke had come out and talked sense, nobody would have taken a blind bit of notice. Pop in a bit of "the royal family are humanoid lizards" and bobs yer uncle. You'll never be short of a turquoise shellsuit round at Daves place.

[Red Phoenix]

You'll never be short of a turquoise shellsuit round at Daves place.

 

I did have a chapter right near the end about the Earth being hollow (I think there's some lizards inside too), but the thought of the shellsuits at Icke's place was just too much and had to remove it.

[General Dryness]

I did have a chapter right near the end about the Earth being hollow (I think there's some lizards inside too), but the thought of the shellsuits at Icke's place was just too much and had to remove it.

 

You just burned about half a million quids worth of sales.

[zigackly]

Conclusion

 

Everything is fucked up beyond recall.

 

The end.

[s(k)aturation]

Everything is fucked up beyond recall.

 

The end.

 

Everything is fucked up beyond recall.

 

And will continue so.

 

The end.

[Red Phoenix]

Everything is fucked up beyond recall.

 

The end.

 

Had a good laugh when reading that, will make sure that if I get this finished it isn't just negative though, can't be doing with something that seems to be fearmongering. Of course things are fucked up at the moment, but am still optimistic that there's solutions if we can just learn to collectively move on from some of the most stupid things that are happening.

 

Anyway I don't want it to look like I'm bumping this for the sake of it so am off for the time being.