Thread: Introduce Yourself

Originally Posted by Lilly Davidson

Hi Coop85,
I am interested. Tell us what it is about and what your blockage is about. I will try to help but am not an experienced member. Others are and I am sure someone will help.

Have faith in yourself and let's see what can be done. If you have had two short stories published you must have some talent to build on.

Lilly,
Good to hear from you. Here goes:
I have a true story of aman who escaped (about 1941) from the notorious penal colony ofFrench Guiana. He made his way to Suriname. There he was detained byan officer of the Dutch army who was in charge of a small contingenton the border. I subsequently met this officer (1954) and one day hepresented me with the ms.
I believe it should be inpossession of someone or some organization interested in the historyof that penal colony. Despite repeated resolutions to find a properplace for it, I never made more than a few feeble attempts -- untiljust lately, when a number of emails have been sent out to variousorganizations . So far I have not found a good home for this ms.
I am 87 years old andwhen I die no one will recognize the old, weathered notebook assomething of historical value and it will surely be thrown away withmost of the other detritus of so many long years.
Thatbrings me to my reason for writing to the forum. I need ideas on towhom I can send this ms. for safe-keeping, and on whether or not Ishould copyright it? And can I actually copyright or publish it sinceI did not write it?
All responses will betreated with interest and fully appreciated.
Coop85

Hello,

William here from Bookkus Publishing. Just seeing what's new in the world of authors, what's wrong with the publishing world, and what needs to be fixed. Hopefully it will be helpful here.

Cheers,

William

Good to see a professional with interest and not simply spamming, welcome to the forum William.

Dear Coop85

That is an interesting situation and I truly hope somebody here can help you. It is important to preserve history, especially that of the wars. I am sure someone will value this manuscript and ensure it's safety. I wish you the utmost luck with it.

Thanks Olly,
We're really new. So we think it's really important to speak with authors before we launch. It's really interesting seeing all the self-publishing happening as well. Interesting times.

-William

Dear Coop85

Just a thought. Why not consider giving the notebook to a trusted friend who would look after it in the future? If you find nobody official is interested, then at least put it somewhere safe so that it is not lost with all your other papers. Or you could mention it your Will to be bestowed to someone you trust in your family or to a friend, take a solicitor's advice.

Hello! I'm quite new to writers forums, but I wanted to try joining one, because I do write a lot, even though I'm how to say.. too lazy to write it all in digital format, so my writings just gather dust on my shelf. |D
Also I'm not native English speaker so I might sound clumsy at the beginning, but I hope to improve that. ^u^

Originally Posted by Lilly Davidson

Dear Coop85

Just a thought. Why not consider giving the notebook to a trusted friend who would look after it in the future? If you find nobody official is interested, then at least put it somewhere safe so that it is not lost with all your other papers. Or you could mention it your Will to be bestowed to someone you trust in your family or to a friend, take a solicitor's advice.

Hi Lilly ( and Hi Lo),
Very good ideas. I will certainly try to act on at least some of those ideas. As to a trusted friend, at my age there are not many good friends who would be much younger than me. I do wish to correct any misconceptions about my health. I am in very good shape.
All that said, I do harbor the dream of getting this matter taken care of in my time, hence my attempts to get the ms. archived in a safe place.
Thank you again for your kind interest in this.

Coop85

coop85, in case you didn't notice I sent a private message, top of the page, click on 'notifications'.

tshuki, welcome to the forum, don't worry, you are far from being our only member with English as a second language, we even have a moderator who is ESL, though you wouldn't know most of the time , her English is so good.

Originally Posted by tshuki

Hello! I'm quite new to writers forums, but I wanted to try joining one, because I do write a lot, even though I'm how to say.. too lazy to write it all in digital format, so my writings just gather dust on my shelf. |D
Also I'm not native English speaker so I might sound clumsy at the beginning, but I hope to improve that. ^u^

Hi,
Welcome. Your English seems rather excellent to me so far. I hope you enjoy it on here and find it useful.

Thank you for welcoming me Olly and Lily! <3 <3
I'm happy this forum is an active one! *o*

coop85, in case you didn't notice I sent a private message, top of the page, click on 'notifications'.

Hi Olly,
Thanks for responding. Sorry I did not notice it because I'm really interested in hearing from a mentor. Problem is, I could not find the word 'notification' to click on. Could you give me directions to it. Thanks.
Coop85

The very top R H side there are seven buttons in white writing, it is the centre one, the first is the facebook connect outlined in blue, when you have a message the 'notifications' one outlines in a darker green than the background.

Thanks Olly,
I did find the notification button and read Lilliy's message. Very sweet of her. I would like to thank her but could not find how to send her a message.
I feel that my problem's possibly-legal characteristics have kept fellow writers from responding. So I will try my luck on a legal forum and give my results here.

Hello. My name is Cody and I hope to one day be able to write quality novels. I'm not out to make money as a writer, I simply want to try my hand at it since I'm always thinking of great ideas for books and I'm always writing little segments here and there. I hope to learn from those more expierienced than me and when I finally post a few of my little written pieces I hope you will all critique it honestly and help me to get better at what I love to do.