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Gordon, What were your goals in writing "My Second Life"? My goal was to recount my Parkinsonian experience as faithfully and honestly as I could with the hope that others could learn from my experience and not make the same, or as many mistakes as I did. A secondary, but important goal was to make the reader want to turn the page, in other words to make and keep the story interesting. In what form did you write your book? I wrote it in the form of a ‘memoir', a literary style that looks at a life, or part of a life, from a particular viewpoint or perspective. In my case, that vantage point is Parkinson's Disease and how it affected me. I t is important to note that I generally don't comment on drugs I haven't taken or surgical interventions I haven't had. They are not within my experience. Is your book historically accurate? In general, yes. The only exceptions are when it makes a more interesting story I have put words in my characters' mouths or altered the chronology slightly. In no case is the context altered. Hope the comments are useful. Cheers, Bill -----Original Message----- From: Fercho, Gordon <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 7:10 PM Subject: RE: Book manuscript comments >Bill, I hope that I succeed in sending this off the PIEnet. > >I am a PWP and have been enjoying tremendously your chapters. My wife and I >look forward to their arrival each week. I wondered whether it might be >helpful, in light of your request for comments/criticism, if you stated your >primary goal(s) you wish to achieve in writing the book. This might give >those of us on the PIE a better basis for such comments/criticism. > >Best wishes to you! >Gordon Fercho >Email address is: [log in to unmask] >> ---------- >> From: William Harshaw >> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 3:41 AM >> Subject: MY SECOND LIFE: Chapter Nine, "a Special Kind of Support" >> >> This work is copyrighted by my business name, The Harfolk Press. Apart >> from one copy for personal use, please do not make copies. There are just >> two more chapters until the book is finished. At that time, December 6, >> 1999, I would appreciate any commments or criticism any of my fellow PWPs >> might like to offer. >> >