Steve, Not to worry, criticism when true is not a bad thing. The best complement to date is a man who told me he kept my book in the bathroom. My book is what it is, a collection of magazine articles, I designed the cover and wrote a page of acknowledgments, PS did the rest. At the time I was spending a lot of my time dealing with folks who wanted a book. My daughter suggested I publish a book of the articles I had already written so I could get back to my research. I called Dave, he said OK and I went back to doing what I do. The next book of articles will along the same lines. As for the big book, who knows. Electronic publishing via CD-DVD or a pay-to-view website is not out of the question. For research I bought a complete set of all the National Geographic on CD-DVD and they are wonderful. This is the 21st Century so maybe I need explore all things. I have eight (8) filing cabinet drawers full of gunmaker paper files. Imagine if all of this was available on line.
“Froggie, how would a fellow ever know your byline?”
The internet has changed the way people interact with others and Steve brought up a valid point regarding the use of a nom-de-net or pen-names. IMO anyone who is serious about any field of research has to have their name associated to it so when, for example, someone thinks Ithaca they automatically think of Walter Snyder, Ballard -John Dutcher, 1903 Springfield - John Beard and so on. It’s a rare week that I don’t get several calls, emails or letters asking for information on an older custom sporting rifle. I'm glad I did not use "Sasquatch" which was suggested
