The snitch book (make that anti-snitch book) just came back from the Helpful Volunteer Proofreader. I just need to input his changes, send the doc back for one more eagle-eyeballing, then it’s off to layout.
Now I’ve got a question for those who contributed.
I originally intended to have an acknowledgment page crediting everybody (by nym, not name) who helped with the book. But virtually every person I’ve asked has said, “Don’t mention me!!!”
So my plan is to make a general acknowledgement to the helpful Living Freedom Commentariat — and as a matter of fact, the commentariat is listed as co-author.
OTOH, certain specific items — ones that people wrote especially for the book or ones that were publicly posted in blog comments — I have credited to their authors in the text.
The credits are entirely by nym, not real name. The only real names going into this book are mine, Jim Bovard’s (quoting a Playboy article he wrote), and those of several snitches and victims whose stories are already well-known (e.g. the infamous faux-anarchist snitch Bob Black and his victim Jim Hogshire).
So to the question: If you helped on the book, or even just posted “how to deal with snitch” comments on earlier blog entries — is this plan okay with you?
Yes
I don’t know if my comments in the initial thread made it into the book or not. (If they did, then “you’re welcome”, and if they didn’t, then that’s cool too.) But I’m cool with being quoted in print with the same attribution I had on the blog, and frankly anyone who isn’t OK with that has fundamentally misunderstood the nature of blog comments. (What you say here, and what name you say it by, goes into Google. That’s a lot more publicity than your comments and their attribution will get from being in Claire’s book.)
Obviously, anyone whose contribution was given by a more private means should be entitled to whatever level of privacy they want.
— “lelnet”, aka “Matt”, but _not_ “Matt, another”…he’s somebody else.
lelnet — Very good points. Anything posted here has already “outed” the poster, at least by nym, which is why I’m not trying to disguise those folks any further.
lelnet, you aren’t “nymmed” in the book. In many cases, I used ideas from people’s comments without actually using the comments or naming the contributor. (ADDED: Those folks I was going to name on the acknowledgments page until so many recoiled in horror.)
The items I used verbatim (or with a little editing) and with a nym are mostly true-life stories, jokes, or something like that.
WHAT?!!? You’re going to mention by name??? That’s gonna blow my parole status.
Jim, I take it that’s a “yes.” 🙂
Yes – I checked and this will not result in a sentence enhancement.
Hey Claire,
Sounds like a plan. You have my consent and thank you for letting me contribute.
lelnet, you are right, I am another. Someday I will figure out just who that is. ;o)
what lelnet said x2.
If you’re using anything I posted, just use however I signed the post (mostly likely real name; it’s a little late for me to insist on anonymity after DF!, etc.).
I can’t even remember if I contributed anything. 🙂 But yes indeed, use my name if you want. I have no illusions that “they” don’t already know my birth name, address, shoe size, toothpaste preference and just about everything else.
I’m already on every list in the country as well, probably. Far too late for me to worry about it. But I would like to see the lists. Would hate for them to be incomplete or inaccurate. I am an anti-constitutionalist, after all. 🙂
You can say thank you to me anytime tho I’m pretty sure I didn’t help at all! 🙂 I don’t even remember if I posted a comment lol!
I’m just glad and honored for the opportunity to contribute, I defer to your judgment on acknowledgments
I have no idea whether anything I may have said or written was included but feel free to name me if that is the case.
stay safe,
gooch