Re: Re: RWA's latest

After 3 months of being stuck on Page 1 of the business plan, I felt 
enough was enough.  While this changed my original plans dramatically, 
and it cut us off from many potential authors, the new plan is workable 
for some.  Most of our income will be coming from "Abstract Reality 
Magazine" (AR-Mag) anyway, which will secure editing futures for some of 
the Jr. editors.  It's a side-step, and not entirely fair to my uncle, 
but I have to look at both the bottom line and the marketability of our 
wares.  I don't remember who taught me this, but "Fair is just a word 
made up by some bored British lord -- you don't find it in nature."  I 
shoot for fairness in all my dealings, but there are limits to how long 
I will chase my own tail.

The majority of contributions we have received to-date are poetry and 
short-stories, some of which will be added to compilation books or to 
sections of AR-Mag.  Others have opted to simply use Wallstone services 
to move their ready-made, well-edited content -- they feel that our 20% 
commission is a small price to pay to not have to be their own 
publisher.  We open online services after the July 1st debut of "We Da 
Sheeple", a movie project that I started two-years ago (partly caused by 
the aforementioned dispute with my uncle.)  Will keep anyone interested 
in-the-loop -- just drop me an email.

(I'll continue to read this thread, but won't post unless I have 
something useful to submit, at least in my opinion -- promise.)

Danny Stone

joseph harris wrote:
>
>
> Ah, yes, I see where the disagreement came in ;-). It is a big problem 
> setting the right price for services and I sympathise with your 
> uncle's position. But as you are already clear it is not a realistic 
> charge, and if your business model works well the value will come back 
> in other ways.
>
> Good luck with it. I look forward to positive reports of your progress 
> from time to time.
>
> Joseph Harris
>


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