tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post3299796494323878054..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: The Master Builder Tradition - What Happened? IIIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-44413041164541093902009-04-19T10:24:00.000-04:002009-04-19T10:24:00.000-04:00Hi Jennifer,
I thank you for your comment. I had ...Hi Jennifer,<br /><br />I thank you for your comment. I had made a good start on my book, with 50 pages of drawings of hip roof layout, when I ran into issues with publishing. The whole thing ground to a halt basically. The fact of the matter is that the audience for a book on such a specialized topic is extremely limited and a book on that topic would run a few hundred pages and would have many color plates so it would be expensive to print. Not a good combination from a publishing perspective. The market is really not there for it - if it were a glossy coffee-table book on Japanese joints, maybe that would sell (but it wouldn't really SAY anything, now would it?).<br /><br />I decided to change my approach a little bit to the publishing plans - I wrote three articles for the journal "Timber Framing" (it was to be 6 articles but I stopped after 3 for various reasons). The idea was that I could chip away at creating a substantial body of material for the book by writing a series of articles. Since I stopped I haven't really started again. I was to write some stuff for Woodwork magazine, but then got busy doing something else, and now that Woodwork has changed ownership, I am waiting to see what direction they head in before I commit to writing anything.<br /><br />Good thing you got rid of the TV - a revolutionary act in our times. I also haven't had a TV for about 20 years, and the odd time I do have an opportunity to see it, I find it more and more bizarre each time!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />ChrisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-91838348655994070762009-04-19T04:01:00.000-04:002009-04-19T04:01:00.000-04:00Hello Chris, I received a subscription to Sukiya L...Hello Chris, I received a subscription to Sukiya Living for my birthday and somehow (looking up tenjo-ita) found myself reading a thread where you discussed roofs, which digressed into publishing and self publishing.I believe this discussion was in 2004 or 2005. First, I'm curious whether your book was published and second, I want to respond directly to this particular blog post. I completely agree with your conclusions about the families visiting the museum. My nine year old son and I live in Portland, OR and we stopped watching television four or five years ago. It's difficult to summarize everything I've observed impartially (especially since my subject is my own sweetie), but there are definite differences in behavior and interests between my son and his peers. My son and I discuss language grammar (he is in Japanese immersion while I'm a student of Arabic), we garden, watch videos on finewoodworking.com, and go hiking/camping -- among other things. This summer I am taking a Japanese joinery class and I fully expect to bring home what I learn. I only wish I knew more artisans in the area so we could learn more. We find that creating something with your own hands is extremely rewarding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375735026666570508noreply@blogger.com