What's your book subject?

[Ozzfan1317]

New Secrets Of The Rich
its an inverstment ,financial management and business startup book all for only ten bucks. Quality for cheap on October 1st
www.newsecretsoftherich.com (http://www.newsecretsoftherich.com)

[MIGUEL SALVADOR]

The book subject we're planning to put out is a children's fact book on nocturnal primates & Im illustrating the book. It's gonna feature primarly prosimians such as nocturnal lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, & tarsiers & I'm working with a certified primatologist & with no publisher connects we're starting from the very bottom...

[Anonyouth]

my WIP/rewrite is a Christian fantasy in allegorical-form

[Aidan Watson-Morris]

Funny memoir with different short stories, similar to that of Dave Sedaris. To Flee or Not to Be; already published. (Self-Published) (Check sig if interested)

[Chris P]

Aside of scientific articles that I write for work, I have written a study guide to a very influential book in the natural sciences.

My other non-fic is currently in outline form, and is a scientific history book that documents several key technological advances since the mid-nineteenth century. The tough part of that book is, first off, understanding the technology myself and second putting it in terms a general audience will understand. At the same time, I can't make it so general that someone who knows what he's talking about won't flame me as an idiot.

[livinitup0]

I'm still in the planning and outline phases of my book.

It is a practical guide on how to become a successful debt collector.
I was in the industry for 7 years and trained other collectors for the majority of that time.

[laharrison]

My first book was about WordPress MU (the Multi-user, Multi-blog version of WordPress). I'm hoping to work on a book about Linux next.

[hungry4more]

Stories about how trying to get revenge always backfires.

[ritinrider]

Well, I posted about one wip several months ago. It's still a wip. Can't seem to move it.

However, I just finished, and had published my first every devotional. Never thought I'd write a devotional but I did. Whoo-hoo. It's called DEVOTED TO QUILTING, and each devotional uses a quilt story.




Nita

DEVOTED TO QUILTING (http://www.awocbooks.com/book.cfm?b=78&f=d)

[Tippecanoe1841]

My book is a biography of the ninth President of the United States. By far, the most difficult aspect of my research is the fact that the primary sources relating to Old Tippecanoe are spread out in archives and historical societies all over the country. The Cincinnati Historical Society and Indiana Historical Society have nice manuscript collections, but the primary source material is scattered everywhere. That is why I had to scale down the scope of my project-I don't have the money or time to travel all over the country gathering primary source material.

[JoshPatton]

I am looking to write a book-length project on mental injuries in returning vets and what is being done (or NOT being done) to help them. I am in the research and planning stage now.

[AryaT92]

First is a memoir / non-fiction narrative about my life through high school. Not a Disney channel take on things.

[Fang100]

I have been thinking of writing a memoir / non-fiction account of my ex's accident and its effect on both his and my family and friends (he is now a paraplegic as a result of that accident). And no, it is not what split us up - things were falling apart way before then - but it is what pushed me over the edge. Thing is, it only happend 18 months ago, and I think I'm still a little too caught up in it all emotionally to write about it and not get bogged down in the personal side of it all. I thought I was able to look at it objectively, but went to a comedy night with some friends the other week and the comedian picked on me for admitting I was single, then asked what happened with the ex. Dear God, I have never wanted to be out of a room so much! If I do ever write it, something tells me it'll be written under a pseudonym.

[AryaT92]

^ I have my ex as just Her or She in my book..

[Fang100]

That's a good idea, thanks. I shall try it. And hope it's better than my attempt at writing stuff in an Ali Smith style - all you got for clues about some of her characters was 'you said' and 'i said'.

[marnanel]

It's a programming book for a publisher which publishes technical books. It's a little less than a third of the way written.

This is entirely separate from my attempts to write MG/YA novels, and my poetry, let alone my day job... :)

[Sir Apropos]

Well, this seems like a decent place to begin, even if this thread doesn't seem to see a great deal of action...

I am working on my autobiography. There is no fame or fortune that merits such a writing, but I have something in common with many people that makes my tale worth telling: I am an insulin dependent diabetic for over 35 years.

The hurdles are many. For starters, there are probably HUNDREDS of similar texts out there. I'd like to think mine is different because it isn't the kind of book that takes on a patronizing tone that says, "Hi...I hear you're a diabetic. Well, here's what diabetes is, and here's what to expect." It's more along the lines of, "Listen, you dolt! Remember that entire seven-layer chocolate cake you devoured on your own last night...? Well, here's what it's going to do to you in ten years..."

There's also a kind of "choose your level of learning" in my writing. For example, you can learn the details of diabetic retinopathy, like a little something known as neovascularization, or you can cut to the chase and absorb the fact that diabetics go blind due to internal bleeding in the eyes.

As the years go on, there seems to be more and more that I learn about my own illness. I mean, who would've thought that there could be complications to the complications of diabetes? :Headbang:

I'm also trying to find the right mix of "scaring the readers straight," and allowing for hope to exist in the minds of said readers. I am 42, and the complications of diabetes make me feel as though I'm in my 60s. I did this to myself, and I want to help others avoid becoming disabled, like me.

But the greatest hurdle...? My computer went B.S.O.D. on me the other day. (That's "Blue Screen Of Doom.") The laptop with the original document won't even turn on anymore. That same document is the only corrupt file on a disc I saved it to ages ago. And just as I'd started rewriting it from scratch, my desktop seems to have shuffled loose its mortal coil. :cry:

And that, to those who bothered to read this "little" post, is my project. As soon as I can get my hands on a computer that I can call my own, and not that of a friend, I will be back to work on it. Any tips, hints, and/or suggestions on how to get this thing into the hands of those who need it most, your input would be appreciated.

[Emerita]

I can't remember if I posted here or not. I have taken a break from trying to get published because no matter what, my query letter just didn't cut it.... until one agent out of 80 rejections gave me a little advice so I have rewritten the query and I am excited once again. I am writing my memoir "Learning to Duck" (One of many title changes and the last) It is also a self helpbook, sort of...hoping some misguided soul can connect and not repeat my mistakes...well, we will see. I have reconnected with 2 friends through Facebook and I hope they can give me some creative input.

[Caroline]

It's a non-fic that offers a unique perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's going to take quite a bit of research and interviews. Right now I'm finishing up the planning stage and am tracking down the people I need to talk to. There have been plenty of books written about Iraq/Afghanistan since 9/11, but as far as I can tell (after extensive research), nobody's approached it in quite the way I have in mind. It's my first book ever, so I'm a little nervous, but also excited because I believe I've got a story worth telling here.

[Bushrat]

My partner and I went to live the wilderness of Canada's north, seperated from the closest village and road by two glacier lakes and a whitewater river. We didn't have a one-year adventure in mind, but wanted to make our permanent home with only moose and bears as neighbours. We hoped to learn about the bush from the inside. What we didn't expect were the things we would learn about ourselves.

(Starting to work on my synopsis, can you tell? :tongue)

[chastiser]

Very much in the collection stages but Culture and the effect its had on today's society

[Daniel]

A Brief History Of Lies by Daniel Nanavati.
Its a humorous and serious book about how we are habituated and also evolved to lie and ho the leis we tell ourselves are the bedrock of civilisation. With eight cartoons by Calvin Innes - I was very lucky to find such a first rate cartoonist.
From idea to publishing it took a year and four months including getting permissions from all the experts quoted and four months with Penguin New York (they read it even though I have no agent) where it went right to the top and eventually they said they 'couldn't bing out enough copies to make it viable'. Given that is the hot subject in the coming years I decided to go publish on demand with a group or artists here in the UK.
It has been a very interesting exercise working with professional proof readers and type setters and making sure I have a web page and daily short weblog culminating in my launch date today (14th February 2010)
The most difficult aspect of it was knowing I needed reviews and seeing how POD books are ignored and rejected in the submission rules for so many places. Of the fifty blogs and sites I emailed a press release to, four took me up.I await to see if they will review.

[Insana D]

oops, double post, move along

[Insana D]

With Larger than Life characters like Glenn Beck, Mitt Romney, Marie Osmond and other famous LDS (Mormon) people in the news I am hoping to offer something a little light and humorous but pointed and real that gives a glimpse into the cultural aspects of the Mormon mindset and world. Some of these people have great influence over our politics, over portions of the right wing media and the civil rights of other citizens in the United States. This book is a playful magnifying glass that may send some of them scurrying for cover.

Finding The Pony is a celebration of the spirit of optimism in the face of the huge pile of fetid feces that life often places before us, especially the life relegated to a spirited, playful, irreverent, young Mormon girl. In addition to a personal story relating to the cultural experience of being LDS this tale includes numerous dark parodies and tender essays that culminate the mood and indoctrination that inevitably spawn a determined spirit of rebellion, freedom, and courage to finally be free of all those anvils.

Perhaps many people who escape religious oppression will relate to the process of enlightenment and human nature to reach beyond the tight tiny island borders and brave the waves to a new way of seeing their world and fellow human beings. Some of these stories are exclusively LDS but have tones that apply to Muslim, Jehovah’s Witness, or most any Patriarchal dominated religious order. Humor is a great salve for most wounds, especially the wounds of the mind and I approach my own difficulties with a spirit of silly, bawdy, ironic, and sometimes very dark humor that appeals to a more sophisticated audience.

After three years of daily practice in the arts of entertaining, enlightening, and supporting hundreds of others who have been through similar experiences, I have finally decided to respond to their encouragement to offer my writing to a broader world. This book is the culmination of many of those engaging conversations.

When I have recovered from the success of this book (Do you see the frisky happy pony yet?) I hope to offer another more sharp edged book where I channel the spirit of the great Molly Ivins in a playful attempt to poke a few holes in the vast weak dam of Mormonism and religious devotion at the expense of reason and practicality. My own Unitarian & Post-Mormon communities claim to be on the edge of their seats in anticipation. I hope to not keep them waiting long.

[Kiwiwriter]

Comments and criticism are more than welcome. I've been writing for 30 years. I'm used to it.

When you have Asperger’s Syndrome, you just miss making contact with the rest of the world. Everything in life – career success, personal independence, even getting a girl to go out with you is just beyond your grasp. You feel like you’re permanently viewing the world through bubble wrap, just able to see what’s going on, but never being able to focus. Never being able to make contact. Feeling like there is “Always One More Thing” standing between you and the rest of the world.

“Always One More Thing” is the memoir of a man who has lived with it for 47 years. It’s about a childhood where you alternate from being the ‘little professor” one minute to being utterly clueless the next. It’s about not realizing how you have made yourself into the class punching bag. It’s about being able to remember all the pennant number of American battleships, but being unable to hold an ordinary conversation. It’s about thinking you are extremely talented and important one minute and wishing you were dead the next. Above all, it’s about resilience, survival, learning, and hope.

I have worked in journalism and public relations for 30 years, hold a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the New School for Social Research, gained in 2001, but first learned my craft decades before that from the great Frank McCourt, as one of his high school students. I was further intrigued by your literary agency when I saw from your website that you specialize in autobiographies and memoirs. Perhaps you might be interested in my story.

[helga]

Best of luck! Keep us posted

[Alamanach]

Comments and criticism are more than welcome. I've been writing for 30 years. I'm used to it.

When you have Asperger’s Syndrome, you...

Kiwiwriter, since you asked for comments: Plenty of people have Asperger's. I have had the misfortune of knowing several of them. I say 'misfortune' because the guys I knew tended to whine about it, which you aren't doing (thank you!), but otherwise I don't see where you are saying anything about Asperger's that any of those other guys couldn't say. Do you have any new insights into the topic? What can you tell us about Asperger's Syndrome that no one else has ever thought to say? I am not a publisher or an agent, just a reader, but as a reader I can tell you that your book would have to contribute something new to the discussion before I'd consider reading it. (That goes for all the rest of the authors out there too, by the way.)

Just my two cents. Good luck with the project.

[triceretops]

Been a while since I started this thread. I just read up on the backlog that I missed and there are some very cool non-fic book ideas going out there.

It seems my new agent and several publishers want me to bring back to life my Valley of the Mastodons, the ice age discoveries of Hemet, California. It's about half way finished, and it's a difficulat project, what with my limited platform. But I did manage to revise the TOC, proposal, chapter outline, and first 90 pages, reading for submission. I wish the interest would have come five years ago. I can't find any of my damn stock photos and newspaper clippings. But I'll try, to finish this if asked for a completed versions. What the hell, I LOVE dinosaurs and ice age megafauna. It'll just be chore getting back in that groove again.

Tri

[StrandedX02]

Mine is about synthetic biology...it happens to be pretty newsworthy right now; there was a paper that got published last month by the Craig Venter Institute about their creation of a "synthetic cell," (which made the cover of the Economist) so I'm trying to pick up the pace to have something pitchworthy by the end of the summer.

triceretops, if I don't mind asking, who's your agent, and do you think he (or she) would be interested in some more science nonfiction?

[Deal Law]

My buddy and I writing a humorous nonfiction piece about our experiences at two different tier 4 law schools. The book moves chronologically through all three years (four for me as I went to graduate school to get an LLM after finishing my JD), alternating stories from each of us. The stories are (hopefully) hilarious and pretty vulgar. The book is intended to entertain and provide some insight into what law school is like at places others than Harvard and Yale.

There appear to be a glut of books on the market focusing on life at schools in the first tier, like Columbia, Harvard, and Yale, but nothing out there focusing on the experience at schools where the majority of young, would-be lawyers will eventually find themselves. Let's face it, not everyone can get into Harvard and for most law school will be Suffolk or Vermont Law. This is a brutal, funny, true amalgamation of tales from the best three years of both of our respective lives.

It's a lot like Brush With the Law (if anyone here has ever read that one), but more blue collar. Think One L and The Paper Chase meets I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

[siouxnyc]

the New York City underground fight scene, which i've been blogging/reporting on for the past seven years.

[Kent]

Categories #5 and #4. Inspirational/True Crime. My wife of 34 years is pretty much the inspirational part...I'm the true crime. I'm anything but a tough guy, but I do have organisational skills. When my Chicago, mob-controlled union faced a challenge by a major international corporation, we fought back. I had never before committed a crime but to save my union and its members, I organized and directed a group of criminals at the behest of the union's (very) Italian leadership. We won the fight, but I hated what I had become. The year I became a "capo" in the union with my own part-time body-guard, my wife was chosen by our church as "Woman of the Year". Only she knew of my double life. And it was she who convinced me to return to my Catholic roots. So I did. I prayed to be delivered from the evil world I allowed myself to enter. Two weeks later the FBI gave me the Sophie's Choice of ratting out my union bosses or going to prison for 30 years. It was the answer to my prayer.
In federal prison for three years I lived not as the "Chicago thug" I once was, but as a follower of Christ's commandment to love. It served me well. I became a trusted confidant to: Dan Morales, the former A.G. of Texas; to several disgraced CEO's of publically-traded corporations; to Warren Brown, the Baptist minister who robbed banks to support his church and to Ricky Ross who introduced crack into L.A.
I wrote most of the book in prison. Professional guidance came in the form of khakis (prison garb) worn by a former playwright. When my beta-readers return the book to me they do so with gaping mouths.
Sorry for the lengthy post.

[Arianna Sterling]

I'm toying with the idea of writing a nonfiction book on anime culture, attending conventions and cosplaying. My question is the author's bio section of the proposal...I mean, does "I've been an anime addict since the age of five and attend as many conventions as humanly possible" really count as credentials? I know I could write the book and make it a damned good book because of those two facts, but I don't really know if they're enough to "qualify" me in the eyes of agents/publishers.

[Sunnyside]

This guy.

http://brianjayjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/jim-henson-beard.jpg

[candiecotton]

I have 2 ideas in my head ,
The first is my 20 year ordeal with the child welfare system as a parent accused of terrible things & the possible loss of my children until theyre 16 . Every time a new worker comes on the scene it is usually some fresh out of school young person with no children , reads the file with the lies my mother told & then comes & takes my children .

the other is a basic survival guide for parents who are going through the system to help them through the worst possible thing that can happen . i have so many ideas bouncing around in my head i dont know where to start.
but i want to get my story on paper.

[Tom Swiss]

Well, since you asked...this is the pitch I've come up with so far:
Shortly before his death, John Lennon called himself a “Zen Pagan.” With this he gave an excellent name to a religious trend that goes back at least as far as Henry David Thoreau, who wrote of his love and respect for both the ancient nature god Pan and the Buddha.

The connection between Buddhism and nature spirituality is ancient. According to legends of the Buddha's enlightenment, in his hour of need he asked the Earth to bear him witness, rather than appealing to a heavenly deity. Over the centuries Buddhism influenced and was influenced by nature religions like Taoism and Shintō, and its introduction to the West came partly by the work of spiritual nature writers like Thoreau and Gary Snyder. Occultists like Aleister Crowley and H.P. Blavatsky played key roles in both Buddhist and Pagan history.

Why Buddha Touched the Earth: Zen Paganism for the 21st Century investigates these connections. It combines rigorous historical research with lively and practical discussions of mysticism, magic, meditation, ethics, and the future of religion.

[Wayne K]

Me

[PinkAmy]

I've written a memoir. The most difficult part of my research is trying to make sure I'm telling as honest and nonbiased account of the particular events while not overly analyzing myself.

[Tippecanoe1841]

My new non-fiction book project is a sports book with a regional interest. It is a history of the now-defunct football rivalry between my alma mater, Western Kentucky University, and Eastern Kentucky University. The rivalry, which dates to 1914, was called "The Battle of the Bluegrass" until the name was co-opted by the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville, which didn't start playing each other in football until 1994. The WKU-EKU rivalry ended after the 2008 game, due to WKU moving up a division to Football Bowl Division. NCAA rules prohibit Bowl Division teams from playing away games at lower division school's home field, and EKU is unwilling to play only at WKU's home field.

Rather than grind an ax with the administrators at both schools who allowed this nearly 100 year old football rivalry to die, my book will tell the story of the rivalry from both sides, and hopefully re-capture some of what was lost when the real "Battle of the Bluegrass" came to an end.

The hardest part of the book is going to be conducting interviews. The players, coaches, and fans who were part of the rivalry and are still living are scattered all over the country. Many interviews will have to be done by phone or e-mail. I have already been in contact with the all time winningest coach for both schools, both of whom are now retired-Roy Kidd of EKU and Jimmy Feix of WKU. I plan to interview both extensively.

The book is in its very early stages. Since I have followed the rivalry since I was 9 years old in 1973, I already have a great deal of knowledge about it.

[Tippecanoe1841]

With Larger than Life characters like Glenn Beck, Mitt Romney, Marie Osmond and other famous LDS (Mormon) people in the news I am hoping to offer something a little light and humorous but pointed and real that gives a glimpse into the cultural aspects of the Mormon mindset and world. Some of these people have great influence over our politics, over portions of the right wing media and the civil rights of other citizens in the United States. This book is a playful magnifying glass that may send some of them scurrying for cover.

Finding The Pony is a celebration of the spirit of optimism in the face of the huge pile of fetid feces that life often places before us, especially the life relegated to a spirited, playful, irreverent, young Mormon girl. In addition to a personal story relating to the cultural experience of being LDS this tale includes numerous dark parodies and tender essays that culminate the mood and indoctrination that inevitably spawn a determined spirit of rebellion, freedom, and courage to finally be free of all those anvils.

Perhaps many people who escape religious oppression will relate to the process of enlightenment and human nature to reach beyond the tight tiny island borders and brave the waves to a new way of seeing their world and fellow human beings. Some of these stories are exclusively LDS but have tones that apply to Muslim, Jehovah’s Witness, or most any Patriarchal dominated religious order. Humor is a great salve for most wounds, especially the wounds of the mind and I approach my own difficulties with a spirit of silly, bawdy, ironic, and sometimes very dark humor that appeals to a more sophisticated audience.

After three years of daily practice in the arts of entertaining, enlightening, and supporting hundreds of others who have been through similar experiences, I have finally decided to respond to their encouragement to offer my writing to a broader world. This book is the culmination of many of those engaging conversations.

When I have recovered from the success of this book (Do you see the frisky happy pony yet?) I hope to offer another more sharp edged book where I channel the spirit of the great Molly Ivins in a playful attempt to poke a few holes in the vast weak dam of Mormonism and religious devotion at the expense of reason and practicality. My own Unitarian & Post-Mormon communities claim to be on the edge of their seats in anticipation. I hope to not keep them waiting long.


I would buy and read your book in a heartbeat.

[RAMHALite]

I'm writing one that has elements of psychology, philosophy, and yoga. The premise is that your experience of being a conscious self with rationality, free will, and mental control over your own thoughts and actions is just fraudulent folk-psychology. Neuroscience demonstrates that the true state of affairs is nothing like this at all. Think Gurdjieff, The Matrix, Neuromancer. That's the direction all new neuroscience research is heading.

[Wayne K]

I just started a new memoir. Its about my experinces at the Elan School.

A snippet from the proposal



A Life Gone Awry is the story of my two and a half year stay at Elan School, a therapeutic community for emotionally disturbed adolescents, which has been in the media spotlight for abuse for over twenty years.

When Michael Skakel was indicted for the murder of his next door neighbor Martha Moxley in 2000, and residents from his house told the stories of Élan’s abuse on TV, once again, they ignored us kids at the bottom of the hill. Mike’s house was full of rich kids, and their families cared about what happened to them, so they had it easy compared to Elan Seven. We were the worst of the worst, and no one cared what happened to us. The abuses that happened there are referred to as, “Lies,” made up to sell a book. The truth about Elan is that the most outrageous stories are the ones that are true. It was an asylum run by the inmates.


And another


At Elan School, football was a metaphor for life, without parole. As Mike was being tried for the murder of Martha Moxley, our other star running back, Wayne Weaver, was being tried for murder across town. Our halfback was Robert Gamble, who killed a man for being gay. His co defendant was Larry Rhodes, one of our defensive linemen. The coach’s pet was Pat Carlson, who raped and murdered an eight year old boy. Elan has stories to tell, and I’m one of the few left to tell them. This is a good book.


Closing paragraph
When the owner, Joe Ricci, died I was relieved. I wasn’t the only one. All these years later, his death gives people comfort. In A Life Gone Awry the reader will understand why. Michael Skakel and his friends were the face of the students of Elan. They were the ones shown on TV. We were the ones they buried under the prison. This is our story.
Pretty boring, huh?

[chasbaz]

What I am writing: ‘Prinny’s Taylor’, a biography of the tailor to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.

I have been researching the life of my gggggfr Louis Bazalgette for about 15 years now. I have almost completed the first draft of his biography, which I hope to publish this year.


Louis is completely unknown and the fact that he was Prinny's tailor for 32 years is unrecorded in any book that I have seen. This is a good thing for me, as the material is mostly very fresh, and hopefully will be new and intriguing to those who are interested in Prinny and in Georgian London.

I’m impatient to get the book finished and have been reviewing publishing options. Although self-publishing is very tempting, I think I have a product which might possibly interest a publisher.

Looking forward to comparing notes with others writing similar books, and of course with anyone else who wants to talk to me!

To publicize the work I have a blog at http://chasbaz.posterous.com (http://chasbaz.posterous.com/) which has a lot of information on London tailoring in the late eighteenth century, about the Prince of Wales and other Regency stuff, plus links to other useful sites.


WHAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT OF RESEARCH FOR YOUR BOOK?
All of it!

[JudyS]

What I am writing: ‘Prinny’s Taylor’, a biography of the tailor to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.

I have been researching the life of my gggggfr Louis Bazalgette for about 15 years now...
Does gggggfr mean "Greatgreatgreatgreatgreatfather?" So, the tailor to George IV was an ancestor of yours?

[Pistol Whipped Bee]

The psychological experience of withdrawal the morning after years of drinking four bottles of wine a day, every day, evokes the image of my mind being stretched and warped over an Event Horizon as it's about to be sucked down and through a Black Hole.

My withdrawals and DT's were terrifying and excruciating.

My memoir takes the reader through my experiences of late stage alcoholism, two arrests by my new husband of three months and my subsequent adventures through and between five inpatient treatment centers for alcohol abuse.

Edited chapters from my book can be found on my blog.

[Tyrannosaurus Rex]

I've long been interested in the biological and cultural relationships that the ancient Egyptians had with other African peoples, and I think writing and publishing a nonfiction book dedicated to the subject would disseminate some critical information about the subject that more people need to know. My thesis, developed after years of research, is that the ancient Egyptians were predominantly a dark-skinned African people (i.e. what many would call "black") with particularly close bio-cultural relations to Northeast African peoples such as northern Sudanese, Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis.

The trick will be finding someone who is willing to publish it on a large scale. I don't want my readership to be limited to so-called "Afrocentric" or "alternative history" circles, but I am concerned that mainstream publishers won't accept a manuscript that advances the arguments I will make. Furthermore, although I am pursuing a career in biological anthropology, right now I'm just a college kid, so I may not have a ton of gravitas.

[hokaheyrider]

I'm writing a......I don't what you'd call it. A Chronicle I guess, it's a 1st person account of my experience riding in a 9,000+ Mile Motorcycle Endurance Ride from Key West Florida to Homer Alaska.

I did a thread on it in a Harley-Davidson forum I belong to and I had so many people telling me, "You need to write a book" that i decided to give it a try. Have no idea what I'm doing but giving it my best shot anyway.

[FocusOnEnergy]

Mine is the story of the worst environmental disaster in the history of the Midwest and the company responsible for it.

Focus

[Undivided_Heart]

Hello everyone!
I'm pretty new here :)
Reading this thread, there are so many interesting non-fiction books out there; I never really read much of it, apart from lit crit for my studies, but now I've just finished studying (!), so I want to start reading more widely I think :)
I published a book in 2009 which is a cross between 1, 5 and 8. It's a Christian book for young women, with just loadsa stuff from the Bible. It was fun to write, because it was for a really fun age group, so the writing style was relaxed and informal. I'm a fiction writer normally, but I really want to write some more Christian books in the future (probably not too distant!).
I'm also obsessed with all things Austen/Brontes/Regency England, and have read a bunch of non-fiction about all that jazz, and I wonder about delving into that one day...
Nice to meet some of you, anyway :)

[wyntermoon]

The Girls' Ghost Hunting Guide will be published next spring by Sourcebooks:Jabberwocky as a fun, informative guide for girls (aged 10-14) to dip their toes in ghost hunting while learning investigative skills, to cut the fluff from the "stuff" and use household items/self instead of relying on fancy (and expensive) equipment as tools during the investigation.

[buttterflywilma]

I'm writing a book about Simple Living.

[Rowdymama]

Ooooh, I would love to read your book, focusonenergy!

My books are about travel.

[Matchy]

I'm in the process of editing and translating a journal of a WWII soldier who was imprisoned in Russia and sent to the Gulag. The journal was given to my father who passed it on to me. It is an day to day account of how he was captured and how - despite the fact he was a German soldier - the Russian people he ran into were helping him. It is somewhat hard to write- the research is difficult at best due to the language barrier (Russian). But I think it's a story that needs to be told.

[JackNamesThePlanets]

I'm currently writing a piece on the recent (1950's onwards) use of armed struggle by separatist/nationalist groups in western Europe.

Obviously it will include such well known groups as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) along with more obsucre organisations such as Terra Lliure and the South Tyrolean Liberation Committee.

Currently at 45,000 words with a fair bit more to go.

[Richard J. Kimmel]

My subjects have always been in the Paranormal area. Although my expertise is in working with haunted wartime artifacts my latest manuscript for Schiffer Publishing, not yet completed, deals with the fine line between folklore and the paranormal.

Richard

[HistorySleuth]

Wow there are some extremely interesting topics here. I wish you all well so I can read them!

Mine is about Indian land title in New York State. Aside from being a historian I'm an abstractor, which is a person who does the title search when a house is bought or sold, or someone takes out a mortgage. The bank does a search t5o make sure the title is clear and there are no leins.

So I look at their land and treaties in the same way as other land transactions were/are conducted. That their reservations are not inside NYS, but rather the state is around them since the title to their land never changed hands, they really are separate nations. For example: Could the Six Nations foreclose on the State of New York for non-payment?

Anyway, I'm just self publishing since it is a real niche type thing. It is actually a collection of articles I wrote when I did a weekly column for a Native American newspaper. I'm just laying them out into chapters, adding some info and maps. Laying it all out is tedious stuff for sure.

[R K Sidler]

What Religions Don't Want You to Know...An Expose' of Belief Systems

What Religions Don't Want You to Know is not an attempt to drive anyone away from his or her belief in God. However, this book is an indictment against religion itself; that is, breaking the false premise that religion is a necessary medium required to have a relationship with God. The book examines the historical record and behavior of certain well known religions who have perpetrated atrocities in the name of God, and considers a common thread inherent among all religions and denominations, i.e., control and manipulation over their adherents.While much of the information focuses on the exposure of fallacies in religion, and secularized philosophies, direction and information is provided for the purpose of promoting informed self-determination.

Just released 7 days ago on Amazon.

http://www.religionvsthebible.com/

[Graz]

Comments and criticism are more than welcome. I've been writing for 30 years. I'm used to it.

When you have Asperger’s Syndrome, you just miss making contact with the rest of the world. Everything in life – career success, personal independence, even getting a girl to go out with you is just beyond your grasp. You feel like you’re permanently viewing the world through bubble wrap, just able to see what’s going on, but never being able to focus. Never being able to make contact. Feeling like there is “Always One More Thing” standing between you and the rest of the world.

“Always One More Thing” is the memoir of a man who has lived with it for 47 years. It’s about a childhood where you alternate from being the ‘little professor” one minute to being utterly clueless the next. It’s about not realizing how you have made yourself into the class punching bag. It’s about being able to remember all the pennant number of American battleships, but being unable to hold an ordinary conversation. It’s about thinking you are extremely talented and important one minute and wishing you were dead the next. Above all, it’s about resilience, survival, learning, and hope.

I have worked in journalism and public relations for 30 years, hold a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the New School for Social Research, gained in 2001, but first learned my craft decades before that from the great Frank McCourt, as one of his high school students. I was further intrigued by your literary agency when I saw from your website that you specialize in autobiographies and memoirs. Perhaps you might be interested in my story.


One of the first investors to identify a housing bubble in the US and the disaster that would soon follow has Aspergers and only one eye. He made a fortune on his investments. Can't recall his name

[Leatile]

"SPORTS ROAR" falls under the category other

[megwwood]

My ebook is about infidelity. I combined how-to, catch your spouse cheating and gather the evidence, with self-help, stay calm and don't turn into a raging psycho in the process. My research came from months of tracking my spouse through online affairs, learning all about software and social networking sites as well as going undercover and having an online affair with him. I'm horrible at sitting still for very long and tend to write the most after 2 or 3 beers. Still figuring it all out but really loving the process.

[Diggy]

My upcoming title will be a niche how-to relationship/dating guide for men who are into top-heavy women. I actually enjoyed the research because it unearthed so much useful information to build on, and it allowed me to build the guide on a foundation of educating my target audience.