HowItIs Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Hi TRFers. Long time no read. My apologies -- I got a job writing for an online political blog (it pays and everything!) so I've been busy. But I've seen a project on a crowdsourcing site raising funds for a book of Rush stories from fans. I've had a similar idea for several months and am going ahead with mine, having been jogged out of complacency. I want to put together a book - it will have to be an e-book - of inspirational stories from Rush fans. I have spoken to so many of you who told me that Rush and their music helped you through a personal crisis or rough patch. I have my own story which some of you know. But I want as many as I can find. I can't pay you but I won't charge you, either. You will get an acknowledgement in the credits and a copy of the e-book. It's possible I may be able to get someone from the Rush family to write a Forward. So, if you want to tell your story, I want to hear it. I will edit, so don't worry about spelling/grammar. Just send me your story. You can email me at yuga2@aol.com (or PM me here). Please put "Rush story" in the subject line (I'm pretty ruthless about deleting unknown email). Thanks and Rush On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Great topic, and I have such a story, I believe... I'll work on it and send it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 That's awesome! I'll send it to you ASAP. When would you like them in by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liana Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I have one too! I'll type it up and send it to you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 There's a fan from Las Vegas named Phil Simon who was starting something like this, just a week or two ago. "A book by Rush fans for Rush fans," full of our personally-told "best moments" as fans. His request for submissions (each one accompanied by a donation towards getting the book printed) was posted on RiaB. As I said, that was a week or two ago. After getting only 19 donations, less than $1000 of his hoped-for $20,000, he pulled the plug on the project this weeked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALifeson85 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I'll send one to you TONIGHT! Not a super LONG story, but it's plenty inspirational, I think ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALifeson85 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Just emailed ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thanks, Blue J, Shlappin', Liana and ALifeson! I don't have a deadline set at the moment. Right now I'm trying to gather enough stories to fill a good-sized book (20-30) and, since the Boys are distracting most of us at the moment, I hadn't settled on a firm date. Just send it along as soon as you feel ready. They don't need to be super long, either. Geddy's Mullet - I saw that project. That's what made me get started on this. I'd had this idea several months ago but have just been swamped. But that lit a fire under me. I figured since I'm only looking for inspirational stories - not cute or funny or weird - it's not exactly the same. I also felt that asking people to put up $125 to tell me their story was unfair. So I decided to do this on a smaller scale. I can self-publish an ebook and don't need to raise money to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyforlife Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 During the Presto tour my friend and I saw them in downtown Miami. We took the Tri-Rail down to the concert from West Palm only to discover AFTER the show that the Tri-Rail did not run that late! We were stuck in hoodville until 7am the next morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animate Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 There's a fan from Las Vegas named Phil Simon who was starting something like this, just a week or two ago. "A book by Rush fans for Rush fans," full of our personally-told "best moments" as fans. His request for submissions (each one accompanied by a donation towards getting the book printed) was posted on RiaB. As I said, that was a week or two ago. After getting only 19 donations, less than $1000 of his hoped-for $20,000, he pulled the plug on the project this weeked. http://www.kickstart...stories-of-rush He got almost 1 K in just 2 weeks and decided to pull the project because it was not going to work? Maybe he should listen to Marathon or Bravado a few more times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 There's a fan from Las Vegas named Phil Simon who was starting something like this, just a week or two ago. "A book by Rush fans for Rush fans," full of our personally-told "best moments" as fans. His request for submissions (each one accompanied by a donation towards getting the book printed) was posted on RiaB. As I said, that was a week or two ago. After getting only 19 donations, less than $1000 of his hoped-for $20,000, he pulled the plug on the project this weeked. http://www.kickstart...stories-of-rush He got almost 1 K in just 2 weeks and decided to pull the project because it was not going to work? Maybe he should listen to Marathon or Bravado a few more times. He insisted on a deadline of May 26 or so, for the whole $20,000. That seemed outside the realm of possibility to me, and perhaps also to him now. Even if the rate of donations/submissions continued at the same pace they were, it would've taken him another five or six months to get the full $20K. That could be why he pulled the plug. I also felt that asking people to put up $125 to tell me their story was unfair. He was mostly doing that to get the start-up funding, but I hear ya. If you wanted your piece published (and I did!), you had to pay. The $125 donation only got you a 125-words-or-less submission. I wrote a short piece and then had to chop and chop to keep the word count within bounds. I began thinking of donating more money so that I'd be permitted more words... but I didn't get anything sent before he pulled the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 What a rip, GeddyRulz. Glad you didn't pay him anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 He was mostly doing that to get the start-up funding, but I hear ya. If you wanted your piece published (and I did!), you had to pay. The $125 donation only got you a 125-words-or-less submission. I wrote a short piece and then had to chop and chop to keep the word count within bounds. I began thinking of donating more money so that I'd be permitted more words... but I didn't get anything sent before he pulled the plug. Well, I have no word count limit. In fact, longer stories even out the shorter ones so I get an average of a story per page. If you still want to write yours up, I will add it to the collection. Just drop me an email :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 :bump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm thinking about doing this, but I'm not sure which story to tell! Yes, Rush has been that inspirational to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm thinking about doing this, but I'm not sure which story to tell! Yes, Rush has been that inspirational to me... Tell ALL of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 I'm thinking about doing this, but I'm not sure which story to tell! Yes, Rush has been that inspirational to me... Tell ALL of them. This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I'm thinking about doing this, but I'm not sure which story to tell! Yes, Rush has been that inspirational to me... Tell ALL of them. This! Yes! That's the tack I decided to take, too. I hope to be sending it to you tomorrow. It's done, but it's just not all typed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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