(Off the Cuff Answers)
1) Is there anything more you would like to say about the horrendous circumstances, which have so befallen you? No, every detail I wish to divulge at this point in time is in the book trilogy already.
2) Will you create or publish a forth book? I don't think so -- unless the trilogy grows that way. Perhaps if I find inspiration elsewhere -- hopefully positive inspiration!
3) How do you feel about the trilogy? Ambivalent really. It's wonderful that I've received so much help protecting the works (the entire manuscript(s)). I've always wanted to publish like this -- both the pre-publish campaign and the finished work that is being fine-tuned at this time. Yet, some of the works are obviously about a topic I have not found positively inspiring or beneficial except for shock value-education-warning-processing purposes. I suppose shock value sells, but I'd rather have sold other things (many of which are also featured in the book -- thank goodness)!
4) What are your favorite works, which are currently featured in the trilogy series? Well, I don't know if the word, "favorite," is a good choice of terms for those works that spring to mind at this moment! I guess I can say that other than my old favorite works (that are presented in the trilogy as well) -- the new works that I believe are most meaningful are like: Pandemonium, The 1-4 series, and all that related stuff. It's just all there in the final versions.
5) Would you say that this trilogy is the most revealing of all your creative efforts? Most definitely yes.
6) How do you feel about the poems featured on this website? They're OK. Yet they're not in the same league, in my opinion, as what's in the book -- for obvious reasons.
7) Do you think this webpage will be exploited by the individual who, "plagues," you at this time? Quite possibly, if he can find a way to use it that way. Hopefully he won't find it at all, as really it would not be beneficial for him to get fixated on this website.
8) Are you looking forward to responses from your readers? Sure. I'd like to see what they have to say about my works and situation.
9) What are your plans for the future? Many many wonderful plans -- now we'll just seeeeeee which ones come true! LOL!
10) How much of your inner-being do you believe is revealed in the trilogy? A great deal. The highs and the lows. What I truly consist of -- I think it's all there.
11) Do you see yourself as a brilliant writer? Oh, I don't know. I suppose not really brilliant, just honest and sometimes too vague and other times too blunt. Sometimes I state it perfectly too. Like all writers, I create some good stuff, some great stuff and some garbage.
12) Is the stalker series based on a true story? Indeed they are all based on the true story as others and I see it -- they are my honest portrayal of events as they have been observed and processed. Needless to say the scope of one's emotions is a private realm -- like you say its impact is truly subjective. Nonetheless, I'm not the only witness. This sicko just didn't go away and he kept creating more and more complications and witnesses to his actions.
13) What would be different had he, "gone away," early on? There would be no issue involving him. There would likely be no poetic expression regarding him, no essays, no webpage on this topic, no protectors of the works -- none of that or anything else regarding him would have ever existed.
14) Are you concerned that he could still steal your works? No, thank God! I don't need to worry about this anymore. Thanks to Gunther and many others who have stepped forward to help with tremendous generosity!
15) Do you have any plans to cope with the, "sicko," in the near future? Not really -- I don't have anymore options than those I have already deployed and/or been offered.
16) What do you think the, "sicko" individual's motives are? Again, I can only say the details of this are in the trilogy! A portion of it is on this webpage, but the books go into specifics more.
17) Are you excited about actually beginning the pre-publishing process? Somewhat, sure! It'll be more thrilling when it is happening -- after the ordering process if finished!
18) How will the pre-production process proceed? Well, as far as I understand it will go as follows:
A) The contents of all three books will be carefully compiled and checked for spelling and grammar and all that stuff (this should already be happening).
B) Copies will be made, one of each book, and sent to me for approval and editing comments and/or alterations + additions if I wish to make any.
C) After I complete the approval process of the production, I send the copies back.
D) I review copies of the finished books for a secondary approval and again have the opportunity to make changes or additions.
E) After this process is completed they go into mass pre-publishing printing for this initial production.
F) Those that require signature get sent back for this and I mail them out to the customers with funding that will be provided for me to do so.
G) Those that don't require signatures get sent to customers from another location.
H) All questions, comments and orders will be handled by Gunther -- thank God once again! I really don't want to be directly involved with that biz at this point!
19) What do you think of the geocities webpage? LOL! Wellllllllllll, it's kind of amusing in a sense! It's an incredibly generous act to present this page like this. The page is obviously being constructed by someone who hasn't ever done a website before. I hope all the readers really are patient about this and understand that not everyone can whip up a perfect webpage on their first try at it! The first page is kind of, well, interesting. I guess I shouldn't have hopped in there and shot my own additions on the page! I'll make a better effort to behave myself and stay out of the production as much as possible from now on out!
20) Do you think the page has many readers? I can't tell for sure. I think the counter adds a number every time anyone looks at it, including the person constructing it! So until readers sign the guest book or participate by writing svanludwick@yahoo.com I won't hear for sure who if anyone is looking at the website.
21) Do you want the website to have many active readers? Sure. It might be fun to hear what some of them have to say. From what I understand the actual guest book is set up to load replies directly on the page before the replies are previewed. I suppose this is to encourage people to write their comments and then these comments pop right up on the site without any delays. I must agree with Gunther though, to any readers who want to comment -- please don't use a bunch or really any profanity! I don't want that kind of stuff on a webpage that features anything to do with me!
22) Do you think the webpage will become a high traffic site? Hmmmmmm, I'm, not sure too many poetry sites are high traffic. I guess it's probably up to the advertising strategy, whatever that may be!
23) How many rough drafts of the trilogy have existed at this point? At least three!
24) What would your last comment, for this question session, be to your potential readers? Please excuse my typos (I'm sure I've made some and the works here are not being combed though) and please bare with the continuing process of this pages building into what will hopefully be both a coherent and interesting website!
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