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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Riding after heavy manual labor
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 22:17:41 -0400
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On 5/21/2024 12:16 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2024 11:15:23 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/21/2024 4:27 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>> My books are simply take it or leave
>>> it. The stuff I've posted here is nothing more than verifying that I > do write, something that Krygowski asked for.
>>
>> If those are indeed your books, the overwhelming reaction as been to
>> "leave it" rather than "take it."
> 
> You're entitled that opinion. I see no reason to argue with you about
> it.
> 
>> At minimum, an author's desire is to
>> have someone read what they've written.
> 
> Nope ..  You assume that because you simply can't imagine someone
> doing such a thing for their own enjoyment rather than doing it to get
> acceptance and admiration.

Sorry, that makes no sense. If you wrote _only_ for your own enjoyment, 
you wouldn't have taken the trouble to self-publish your books.

Note that many people do write just for themselves - often in the form 
of diaries or journals. Or in the poetry world, there's the famous Emily 
Dickinson, who wrote many hundreds of now-revered poems with no thought 
of publishing more than a few.

It seems very likely that you self-published hoping for acceptance or 
adulation. When your books failed to sell, as they obviously did, you 
told yourself, and then us, that you don't care. It's a literally 
unbelievable rationalization of your failure.

>> But you haven't shown those are your books. You've already said the
>> authors' names do not match yours.
> 
> See my picture on the back cover of this book.
> https://www.amazon.com/Bank-Robbery-John-Sailorman-Parker/dp/1983034495?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jP3RWZgoFPyhuVYXrD1A3NShJvEuhJ6sUcNSwmyZ53l0nWXXvuqjdhOMeOzya-_TrUmU1q5SUyvr_SNaIRYzgOLt2NK7JXggMSm8YMfYvMXLwg5HM2wlJjXk34LttAPcwyID4xvRNuPwUynQU2lTJQ.pHsDUGanWxcQKczt06-dD-I2N4tOWD9LmQF-uULUOZg&dib_tag=AUTHOR

Gosh, such bragging! But still, we don't know that was based on truth. 
As I recall, you once said something like "Claims of having done 
something are not documentation." We don't even know that you wrote that 
little bio, or that the photo is really you.

As I said, I'm just noting that you fail to meet your own standards. But 
if your claims do turn out to be true, they show only that you're a 
failed self-published author.

Perhaps you should follow Emily's example. Write _only_ for your own 
enjoyment. Maybe you'll get lucky as she did, and actually get published 
after you die.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski