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Contact the Dread Pirate
Dread Pirate currently receives email from this website. At this time, I am honored to carry on correspondence by email. Please do not send email to the webmaster to forward. Mail to the webmaster via the “Contact the Webmaster” email link will not be forwarded to Dread. Please use the link below to contact the Dread Pirate via email.
Snail mail
All business or written correspondence should be directed to the authors snail mail address. Please make sure you review all pirate type rules and regulations when attempting to contact the Dread Pirate. I enjoy snail mail. For those who have taken the time to read this; I believe that if you have taken the time and effort to send me a hand copy of your feedback or request, I will take your comment or appeal much more seriously than if you just rocket me an electronic mail. For the record; any variation from the specifications set forth will result in you walking the plank.
Dread Pirate
PO Box 1224
Locust Grove VA 22508-1224
Beachside Message Board
The one thing I would like to do is build a bridge of communication (Open Forum) between me, my shipmates, readership, and potential readership. Most users would rather sign up to a message board and let the comments/queries fly! I decided to create a new beachside message board to help foster communication between me and the Crew. This board is now opened for business. If you have message board experience you are more than welcome to offer some suggestions to help jump start this new avenue of communication. If you have never signed up for one, don't feel bad! I have to relearn this all over again! You are more than welcome!!!
Dread Pirate's Beachside Message Board
Autographs and color glossy photographs.
The Dread Pirate does not provide autographs or color glossy photos to shipmates. Sorry my sweet wench! There are those unscrupulous loyal “royals” that would use these things to 1) attempt to track me down and have the Queens goons attempt to separate me from my booty and then separate my head from my body 2) resell these priceless items in an attempt to gain financial independence. The only financial independence allowed is mine! Damn the man and the torpedoes too.
Permission to quote, copy, reprint, use passages or works
If you are requesting to quote, copy, reprint or use my work in any way, please do not send the request directly to me. Send requests to DPebooks. Team DPe will respond as promptly as possible. (They will answer when Dread does not have them off swabbing the deck or chasing booty!) In most cases, all reasonable requests will be responded to in a positively charged highly motivated manner. Please send request via snail mail if you are serious or email if you don’t really care. (See above for contact information)
Endorsements
I have had requests to read books and write a short review of them. I often read these short blurbs from readers and authors and I value them. One thing about these blurbs, most authors will only post flattering reviews. If you are one such author, consider posting all reviews. Let the chips fall where they may, sailor. If you would like Dread Pirate to review one of your works, send a letter of intent prior to sending an ebook, book or manuscript! Hard copy correspondence (letter of intent) must be sent via snail mail (see above) and explain what genre the work is, the audience you are looking to motivate, a short description of the motivated effort and if it has been self published or the name of the publisher, and circulation/distribution data to date. Make sure to include a complete description of the author and his/her list of literary accomplishments. Include the full contact information for the author (Not an agent, publisher, representative, etc.) to include, snail mail and email addresses. If I feel your work warrants a review after reading your letter of intent, I will send you further guidance. I will not read material or manuscripts sent to me without first receiving a letter of intent. Propriety is a must shipmate! Paid endorsements are always available and fully negotiable. I am the Dread Pirate, for the right amount of coin, I will endorse a wide variety of ebooks, books, products, etc. Contact me directly with your query. Provide information by hard copy correspondence. [See snail mail guidance above.]
Advice on writing projects, manuscripts, or books
I will not give you advice on how to outline, write, rewrite, proof, market, or sell your ebook/book in the motivational essay genre. Nor can I, or will I refer you to an agent. You are asking me to do the job performed by writing consultants, manuscript doctors, literary agents and other useless professions. I am a writer; I am not a useless professional on which barnacles grow. I do not condone the use of any or all of these supposed professionals. The last dozen or so hardback novels I have purchased have had more than one obvious mistake in the first three chapters of the book. You wrote your book, have it proof read and forget the rest of the people who will remove your hard earned booty from your treasure chest all in the name of “editing”. Odds are they will miss the most blatant of errors anyway.
NOTE: If you are looking for specific thoughts and ideas on how to publish your work electronically, please visit the DPebooks.com home page Scroll down to “Author Services” and download the DPe FAQ e-document.
Joint efforts, anthologies and essay & poetry compilations/competitions
In the name of motivation, I will gladly contribute to joint efforts, anthologies or short story, motivational essay or poetry compilations, etc. I will not participate in any effort that requires any cash outlay on my part. I will not participate in any effort where I do not retain full copyright of all of my work. Hard copy correspondence (letter of interest) only, must be sent via snail mail explaining the project in full, authors copyright retention, describe the audience you are looking to motivate, a short description of the motivated effort, if it will be self published or the name of the target publisher, distribution projection (Provide the number of copies that will be created on the first run, and subsequent runs, how many overall copy’s will be released and for what period of time the work will be available for free/sale.), and all restrictions and requirements of the project. Include information on if the end product will be distributed for free or at what price the effort will be sold. Explain in nauseating detail how the distribution will be tracked and how proceeds of the effort will be dispersed between the contributing authors if the effort is a sale effort. If the project pays in some other way, describe in detail the specifications. Provide a legal statement and copy of binding agreement/contract, in hard copy, that states, all the above information for review and signature along with your letter of interest. Make sure to include a complete description of the author/agent/company and a list of literary accomplishments/publications. Include the full contact information for the project point of contact, to include snail mail and email addresses in initial correspondence. [See snail mail guidance above.]