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Rachel,
Well, I didn't want to suggest you be the "bad girl" type right off the bat. What we can do is have you play two parts in the movie, one the "good angel" and one the "dark angel". That way, you can really bring out the best of both worlds.
set director_talk on
It's all about motivation. What motivates you? Yes, capture that and don't let go.
set director_talk off
Jim
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Jim Hawkins
jhawkins_at_primary.net (personal) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-----Original Message-----
Carmichael
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:16 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Jim,
I promise to come see that movie! "do-good angel caught between Heaven and Hell" though? Darn it all, I thought I was more the "bad girl" type :)
Rachel
>From: "Jim Hawkins" <jhawkins_at_primary.net>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: OT - Wrap-up of "Serious Question (believe it or not)..."
>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 07:47:38 -0800
>
>Well, we certainly had a fine discussion on this topic, and I thank all
>those who responded and weighed in. All of your input was extremely
>valuable to me (and others).
>
>Based on Rachel's and others' comments, I believe that I could not
>*happily*
>write a technical book at this point in my life (3 kids under age 4), so
>I've decided to follow the other camp's suggestion. That's right, we're
>going straight to the big screen. Join me in next year's Cannes Festival
>in
>southern France (yeah, they'll love an invasion of drunk Oracle DBA's).
>
>"Hidden Parameter, Crouching Developer - or How I Learned to Love the
>Larry"
>directed by Jim Hawkins.
>
>Starring (not in order of importance):
>*Larry Ellison as God
>*Bill "Shrek" Thater as The Enforcer (a gentle assassin with a
>compassionate
>heart)
>*Ross Mohan as Hannibal (speedo-wearing cannibal)
>*Rachel Carmichael as The Goddess (a do-good angel caught between Heaven
>and
>Hell)
>*Jared Still as Charlie (the voice behind the chair)
>
>And anyone else that wants a part, just let me know. Haven't built a
>story-line yet, but wht could possibly go wrong with this winning
>combination film?
>
>But seriously, sorry about this post - it's Friday, I'm in a good mood, and
>have my databases all running so well, that I could spend 15 minutes typing
>this email.
>
>Virtual Guiness Stout to all on the list, compliments of my new film
>company.
>
>Jim
>
>--
>Jim Hawkins
>Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator
>MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
>600 Pearl Drive
>St. Louis, MO 633376
>9636) 474-7832
>jhawkins_at_memc.com (work)
>jhawkins_at_primary.net (home)
>
> > 10% of GROSS sales? or net? I'd be really really surprised if it were
> > gross.
> >
> > Figure that net sales on that @29.95 book is at most half that.
> >
> > And 10,000 copies? Hm, well, I'd bet someone like Steven Feuerstein or
>Kevin
> > Loney would sell that many, but not most authors.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com>
> > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > >Subject: Re: Re[2]: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
> > >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:55:22 -0800
> > >
> > >On Thursday 07 June 2001 15:56, schmoldt_at_fyiowa.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think all the original poster was asking was ballpark figures.
>ie;
> > > > should a prospective author of an Oracle book expect to make around
> > >$1,000,
> > > > around $10,000, around $100,000, etc. No personal finances
>involved.
> > >Your
> > > > mileage may vary, etc.
> > >
> > >100K?!
> > >
> > >In your dreams. Standard royalty rate for O'Reilly is 10%, which is
> > >public knowledge as they publish it on their web site.
> > >
> > >If you sell 10,000 copies of a 29.95 book ( assuming they all sell
> > >for the list price, which isn't likely ) and no returns, you will
> > >gross $30K from the book.
> > >
> > >10,000 copies is probably optimistic. And if there are co-authors,
> > >you will split the proceeds.
> > >
> > >Writing a technical book is in most cases a labor of love.
> > >
> > >There are exceptions, like 'SQL for Smarties' by Joe Celko, but
> > >not many tech books sell that well.
> > >
> > >Jared
> > >--
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>--
>Jim Hawkins
>Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator
>MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
>600 Pearl Drive
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>jhawkins_at_primary.net (home)
>
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