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Starbright726 · 08-08-2003, 09:44 PM

It WOULD take her a very long time to compose a book if she was to do it independently. But even if she gets assistance from UM producers, research will get very pricey. There's the expense of long-distant phone calls and travel fare if she wants to conduct interviews. And there's postage costs when people send her photos of locations, people, and documents (not everyone has access to computers, the internet). This is a huge undertaking, and so very admirable. If an editor has already accepted your book proposal, Allerain, then the publishing company will pay for all these expenses. Good luck.

Allierain · 08-11-2003, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by Starbright726
It WOULD take her a very long time to compose a book if she was to do it independently. But even if she gets assistance from UM producers, research will get very pricey. There's the expense of long-distant phone calls and travel fare if she wants to conduct interviews. And there's postage costs when people send her photos of locations, people, and documents (not everyone has access to computers, the internet). This is a huge undertaking, and so very admirable. If an editor has already accepted your book proposal, Allerain, then the publishing company will pay for all these expenses. Good luck.

Hey Starbright, I like all your suggestions. I don't believe I even need permission from the company to compose a book, with all the unauthorized biographies out there and all. But I might. I sent my letter to UM and after awhile, if I have not received a reply, I am going to look into the copyright matters and go from there. Who knows, I might have to do this all on my own, but I am willing to do it. If not UM, CBS might be a source since they aired most of the episodes. I will have to try Lifetime again, only this time I bypass the stupid website feedback thing and go right to the source. They, too, must have records of the new episodes they put together and what they were about. If all else fails, I start building it myself. Unfortunately this is going to be a time-comsuming process that requires patience....and patience doesn't run in my blood. :P

Lucylover22 · 08-12-2003, 12:34 PM

Great idea! If you were to write this book I'd buy it! Good Luck!

Allierain · 08-14-2003, 07:12 AM

Thank you so much for all the support you all have given. As soon as I know anything, this will be the first place I post.

TJ · 09-03-2003, 12:25 AM

How about an online collaboration for this website? I know I've asked for help with the episode guide in the past and received a few responses and followed up with those people only to never hear from them again.

I feel if we had 10-15 people each writing about segments, the episode guide could be 'completed' much quicker.

I have always envisoned the episode guide as having a good (but short) summary of every segment, related links, and update if there is one to the case.

I want the episode guide to be complete, but I really don't have the time to do all the work myself.

mercy1825 · 04-03-2005, 11:13 AM

Hello. I just came across this post yesterday while seacrhing for something else. Did anything ever come of this? I would be more than willing to right about these cases in my spare time. This is one of my favorite hobbies and I think an in-depth case log would be very interesting and could get some of the older cases more exposure. Crystaldawn sent me a case list that I have been researching. Someone respond if they think this is an idea worth time, or someone let me know if this ever got under way. My opinion is that we should stick to the murder and missing persons cases since they seem to be the ones that society most often calls out for answers. Any opinions?

crystaldawn · 04-03-2005, 06:13 PM

Hey! Yes, I too think it would be a great idea. The current episode guides are ok and certainly better than nothing, but extremely vague with hardly any names mentioned. I would be willing to help with a more detailed episode guide list also as I remember many of the names are details but don't really know where to start. Any ideas?

ddelta · 04-04-2005, 09:14 AM

ANother way to find out info would be to look at the DVD's special commentarys. They have people who were involved in the production of segments. YOu might be able to find out where they are via internet and contact them.

ddelta · 04-04-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TJ

How about an online collaboration for this website? I know I've asked for help with the episode guide in the past and received a few responses and followed up with those people only to never hear from them again.

I feel if we had 10-15 people each writing about segments, the episode guide could be 'completed' much quicker.

I have always envisoned the episode guide as having a good (but short) summary of every segment, related links, and update if there is one to the case.

I want the episode guide to be complete, but I really don't have the time to do all the work myself.

TJ - I would be more then happy to help you. Just let us know what, when, how...etc..

rerungirl · 04-04-2005, 04:51 PM

I'd also be happy to help with an episode guide update project. I'm so glad to have found other fans of UM who love the show as much as I do!

DK2 · 04-05-2005, 04:48 AM

Yeah theres alot of those unauthorised books these days if you don't get too much help from CMP themsevles. I hope you do though. Official would be so much better. I say yes to put updates on all the cases that have been solved. Even if the show wasn't directly involved with the update. Its the case themselves that need to have an update of any sort due to out of date, etc. That "Guardian UFO" needs to be said it was a hoax. Stuff like this.
I'd love to get an update about the Skunk ape hair samples. I wrote to UM's site back in the late '90's and they gave me an address for the lab that was doing the tests. Sadly I didn't write it down.

08-08-2003, 09:44 PM	#16
Starbright726 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 30, 2003 Posts: 50	TJ, You're Right It WOULD take her a very long time to compose a book if she was to do it independently. But even if she gets assistance from UM producers, research will get very pricey. There's the expense of long-distant phone calls and travel fare if she wants to conduct interviews. And there's postage costs when people send her photos of locations, people, and documents (not everyone has access to computers, the internet). This is a huge undertaking, and so very admirable. If an editor has already accepted your book proposal, Allerain, then the publishing company will pay for all these expenses. Good luck.

08-12-2003, 12:34 PM	#18
Lucylover22 Young and Hopeless Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 15, 2001 Location: She-Town Posts: 769	Great idea! If you were to write this book I'd buy it! Good Luck!
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04-03-2005, 11:13 AM	#21
mercy1825 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 04, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 176	did this every get anywhere? Hello. I just came across this post yesterday while seacrhing for something else. Did anything ever come of this? I would be more than willing to right about these cases in my spare time. This is one of my favorite hobbies and I think an in-depth case log would be very interesting and could get some of the older cases more exposure. Crystaldawn sent me a case list that I have been researching. Someone respond if they think this is an idea worth time, or someone let me know if this ever got under way. My opinion is that we should stick to the murder and missing persons cases since they seem to be the ones that society most often calls out for answers. Any opinions?

08-14-2003, 07:12 AM	#19
Allierain Forum Old Fart Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 30, 2002 Location: Somewhere Posts: 509	Thank you so much for all the support you all have given. As soon as I know anything, this will be the first place I post.

09-03-2003, 12:25 AM	#20
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,694	How about an online collaboration for this website? I know I've asked for help with the episode guide in the past and received a few responses and followed up with those people only to never hear from them again. I feel if we had 10-15 people each writing about segments, the episode guide could be 'completed' much quicker. I have always envisoned the episode guide as having a good (but short) summary of every segment, related links, and update if there is one to the case. I want the episode guide to be complete, but I really don't have the time to do all the work myself.

04-03-2005, 06:13 PM	#22
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Hey! Yes, I too think it would be a great idea. The current episode guides are ok and certainly better than nothing, but extremely vague with hardly any names mentioned. I would be willing to help with a more detailed episode guide list also as I remember many of the names are details but don't really know where to start. Any ideas?

04-04-2005, 09:14 AM	#23
ddelta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 218	ANother way to find out info would be to look at the DVD's special commentarys. They have people who were involved in the production of segments. YOu might be able to find out where they are via internet and contact them.

04-04-2005, 04:51 PM	#25
rerungirl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 23, 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 295	I'd also be happy to help with an episode guide update project. I'm so glad to have found other fans of UM who love the show as much as I do!

04-05-2005, 04:48 AM	#26
DK2 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 01, 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Posts: 45	Yeah theres alot of those unauthorised books these days if you don't get too much help from CMP themsevles. I hope you do though. Official would be so much better. I say yes to put updates on all the cases that have been solved. Even if the show wasn't directly involved with the update. Its the case themselves that need to have an update of any sort due to out of date, etc. That "Guardian UFO" needs to be said it was a hoax. Stuff like this. I'd love to get an update about the Skunk ape hair samples. I wrote to UM's site back in the late '90's and they gave me an address for the lab that was doing the tests. Sadly I didn't write it down.