Comments for Mike Fook Books http://www.mikefook.com Books, ebooks, and articles on many topics Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Vultures Eating Dying Kids in Africa by Brentley http://www.mikefook.com/rules-of-the-game/vultures-eating-dying-kids-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Brentley Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:50:48 +0000 http://www.farkedlife.com/2008/03/22/vultures-eating-dying-kids-in-africa/#comment-504 theres poor people in the world becuase there are rich people theres poor people in the world becuase there are rich people

]]> Comment on Is Book Writing the Most Time Intensive Creative Endeavor? by MikeFook http://www.mikefook.com/book-writing/is-book-writing-the-most-time-intensive-creative-endeavor/comment-page-1/#comment-490 MikeFook Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:36:00 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=626#comment-490 Hey Patrick - how are things? I was talking about individuals - but didn't really state that did I? No doubt, Cirque de Soleil has put more time into coordinating their performances than I have with all the writing I've ever done! What about you... is there a book coming out of you? I foresee an autobiography in your future... Hey Patrick – how are things? I was talking about individuals – but didn’t really state that did I? No doubt, Cirque de Soleil has put more time into coordinating their performances than I have with all the writing I’ve ever done! What about you… is there a book coming out of you? I foresee an autobiography in your future…

]]> Comment on Is Book Writing the Most Time Intensive Creative Endeavor? by Patrick http://www.mikefook.com/book-writing/is-book-writing-the-most-time-intensive-creative-endeavor/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Patrick Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:46:19 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=626#comment-489 I think that we might make a case for live performing arts. The reason I say this is only because it involves so many more people, and each of them has to invest many hours of time. For example, take a Broadway production of "Phantom of the Opera." It is absolutely stunning. Think of the man hours that went into that one performance. Even the guys who run the lights and the audio have learned skill sets over years, decades maybe. Or a Cirque de Soliel show. Same thing. Hundreds of actors, performers, technicians, all coming together, creating the score and the music on the fly by live musicians, acrobats flying all around, etc. Just a huge amount of work and total man hours. Not to mention the scripts and the creative forethought that went into these live performances. Now as for the individual (which I think is what you might have been getting at), I would tend to agree that books are pretty darn labor intensive. Reminds me of what Seth Godin says about books....how they are more powerful than other media because they are a physical, tangible object that you can hand to someone, and now they have this....responsibility to you, to act on it, and read it.....etc. A good topic, anyway, and something I will think about now that it has infected my mind! I think that we might make a case for live performing arts. The reason I say this is only because it involves so many more people, and each of them has to invest many hours of time.

For example, take a Broadway production of “Phantom of the Opera.” It is absolutely stunning. Think of the man hours that went into that one performance. Even the guys who run the lights and the audio have learned skill sets over years, decades maybe.

Or a Cirque de Soliel show. Same thing. Hundreds of actors, performers, technicians, all coming together, creating the score and the music on the fly by live musicians, acrobats flying all around, etc. Just a huge amount of work and total man hours.

Not to mention the scripts and the creative forethought that went into these live performances.

Now as for the individual (which I think is what you might have been getting at), I would tend to agree that books are pretty darn labor intensive.

Reminds me of what Seth Godin says about books….how they are more powerful than other media because they are a physical, tangible object that you can hand to someone, and now they have this….responsibility to you, to act on it, and read it…..etc.

A good topic, anyway, and something I will think about now that it has infected my mind!

]]> Comment on How to Create Audiobooks by MikeFook http://www.mikefook.com/audiobooks/how-to-create-audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-481 MikeFook Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:25:23 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=605#comment-481 Great - they're an excellent little company. What type of books do you write? Great – they’re an excellent little company. What type of books do you write?

]]> Comment on How to Create Audiobooks by Jackson http://www.mikefook.com/audiobooks/how-to-create-audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Jackson Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:16:53 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=605#comment-480 Thanks for the post. I will be signing up with E-junkie. :) Thanks for the post.
I will be signing up with E-junkie.
:)

]]> Comment on Kicking Smoking’s Ass! eBook – Order Here by How to Create Audiobooks : Mike Fook Books http://www.mikefook.com/kicking-smokings-ass-ebook-order-here/comment-page-1/#comment-475 How to Create Audiobooks : Mike Fook Books Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/#comment-475 [...] Here are the Steps I used to Create My Audiobook: Kicking Smoking’s Ass! [...] [...] Here are the Steps I used to Create My Audiobook: Kicking Smoking’s Ass! [...]

]]> Comment on WTF Animal Kingdom: Weaver Ants Rip Apart Enemy (Red ant) by Weaver Ants, TERROR on the Mountain Top! : Mike Fook Fiction http://www.mikefook.com/rules-of-the-game/wtf-weaver-ants-rip-apart-red-ant/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Weaver Ants, TERROR on the Mountain Top! : Mike Fook Fiction Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:23:06 +0000 http://www.farkedlife.com/2008/03/31/farked-animal-kingdom-weaver-ants-rip-apart-enemy-red-ant/#comment-439 [...] appear to me to be straight from hell. They are an insect’s worse nightmare. As I’ve already shown once, but am about to show again with first hand [...] [...] appear to me to be straight from hell. They are an insect’s worse nightmare. As I’ve already shown once, but am about to show again with first hand [...]

]]> Comment on Poem – Sing a New Song by Author Interview, Mike Fook « Jess C Scott :: http://www.mikefook.com/poems/poem-sing-a-new-song/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Author Interview, Mike Fook « Jess C Scott :: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=175#comment-322 [...] Excerpt from a Mike Fook Poem – Sing a New Song, in its entirety here -> (http://www.mikefook.com/poems/poem-sing-a-new-song/) [...] [...] Excerpt from a Mike Fook Poem – Sing a New Song, in its entirety here -> (http://www.mikefook.com/poems/poem-sing-a-new-song/) [...]

]]> Comment on Agents, Paper, Grammar – Blackholed by Jess C Scott http://www.mikefook.com/book-writing/agents-paper-grammar-blackholed/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Jess C Scott Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:31:17 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?p=158#comment-319 Added your link on my website ;) And agree totally with "I’m free to write as I wish"! It's very liberating when you don't have to worry/think about what an agent/publisher is going to say about your book. Indie publishing = speed + efficiency = author-->readers. Straight forward. Added your link on my website ;) And agree totally with “I’m free to write as I wish”! It’s very liberating when you don’t have to worry/think about what an agent/publisher is going to say about your book.

Indie publishing = speed + efficiency = author–>readers.

Straight forward.

]]> Comment on 50 Reasons EBooks are Better by Thailand Writers Needed – Your Own eBooks | ThaiPulse http://www.mikefook.com/50-reasons-e-books-are-better/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Thailand Writers Needed – Your Own eBooks | ThaiPulse Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:03:31 +0000 http://www.mikefook.com/?page_id=3#comment-169 [...] a list of 50 reasons why ebooks are better. From an author’s point of view I know you can come up with a few [...] [...] a list of 50 reasons why ebooks are better. From an author’s point of view I know you can come up with a few [...]

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