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HOME PAGEINTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHETYPESOVERVIEW OF SCUMBAG SEWER RATSREVIEWS OF SCUMBAG SEWER RATS AT AMAZON.COMCHAPTER ONE OF SCUMBAG SEWER RATS------------OVERVIEW OF UNPUBLISHED BOOK, SCUMBAG TO PhDCHAPTER SYNOPSES OF SCUMBAG TO PhDMY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION, CRIMINALIZED MALE DRUG ADDICTS AND THE TRICKSTER ARCHETYPE------------GENERAL INFORMATION ON ADDICTION AND RECOVERYTHE RELAPSE PREVENTION PAGEMEDICAL ASPECTS OF COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGSNUTRITION FOR RECOVERING ADDICTSTHE STOP SMOKING PAGETHE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PAGE---------------MY UNPUBLISHED ARTICLE, DUI--A SLAP ON THE HAND FOR OFFENDERSMY ONLINE ARTICLE, AUXILIARY STIMULI OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORMY ONLINE ARTICLE, PSYCHOPATHY VS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DUE TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCYMY ONLINE ARTICLE, PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORISTS AND THEIR RELATION TO ADDICTION AND OTHER ISSUESMY ONLINE ARTICLE, FREUD AND RELIGIONMY ONLINE ARTICLE, TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ACTIVE IMAGINATION AND THE ALCHEMICAL PROCESSMY ONLINE ARTICLE, THE INFLUENCE OF WILLIAM JAMES ON ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGYMY ONLINE ARTICLE, THE NUMINOSUM AS IT RELATES TO ADDICTIONMY ONLINE ARTICLE, THE UNDERWORLD OF GILGAMESH - A PARABLE TO THE UNDERWORLD OF ADDICTIONMY ONLINE ARTICLE, DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ADDICTION AND TREATMENTMY ONLINE ARTICLE, RIGHTS OF PASSAGE OR PERMANENT ADOLESCENCE?MY ONLINE ARTICLE, AN APPROACH TO RECOVERY USING ALCHEMY AND THE TWELVE STEPSMY ONLINE ARTICLE, WAS FREUD A DEPRAVED, DRUG ADDICTED DEVIATE?MY ONLINE ARTICLE, THE PRISON STEREOTYPE AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE PUER AETERNUSMY ONLINE ARTICLE, PRISON: A SELF-PERPETUATING SYSTEM OF RECIDIVISMMY ONLINE ARTICLE, PUER AND SENEX ARCHETYPE IN RELATION TO CRIMINALIZED DRUG ADDICTS AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEMMY BOOK EXCERPT ARTICLE, THE JOINTSTERMY ONLINE ARTICLE, GIVING BACK------------MY 2006 ARTICLE: THE PRISON LIBRARY PROJECTMY 2005 ARTICLE: THE SPIRITUAL QUEST AND THE ARCHETYPES PERSONIFIED IN CRIMINALIZED MALE ADDICTSMY 1996 ARTICLE, RANGOWL (HUMOR)MY 1996 ARTICLE, CHEATING THE CHEATERS (SCIENCE FICTION)MY 1995 ARTICLE: PRISON--THE DAY CARE CENTERMY 1992 ARTICLE: PRESCRIPTION FOR ADDICTION------------LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITESMY BIOGRAPHYFAMILY PHOTOS AND OTHER STUFFTHE DEVELOPMENT OF MY TWO BOOKSMY UNPUBLISHED ARTICLE, CIVIL WAR TRICKSTERSMY CIVIL WAR BOOK COLLECTION (WITH BOOKS FOR SALE)CONTACT ME
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The reason I've made this page is to show the process I've been through to get books published.
Unless one chooses to self-publish, getting a traditional publishing contract can be a difficult and arduous process,
often ending in frustration with nothing published.
Scumbag Sewer Rats
Started writing Scumbag Sewer Rats - 4 April 2004
Started book proposal - 26 April 2004
Finished book proposal - 23 July 2004
Book about a third written - 23 July 2004
Began search for literary agency - 24 July 2004
Created this website - 31 July 2004
Pacifica announces my work - 5
Aug 04
Scumbag Sewer Rats domain name becomes active - 11 Aug 04
Started distributing Scumbag Sewer Rats bumper stickers - 20 Aug 2004
Sent proposal to literary agency - 27 Nov 2004
Proposal rejected - 18 Dec 2004
Another agent requested sample chapter then rejected it - 12 Jan 2005
Ended agent search & began search for small press publisher - 27 Jan 05
Started search for a University Press publisher - 12 Apr 2005
Sent proposal to Omonomany Press in Memphis - 7 May 2005
Sent proposal to another small press publisher in New York - 9 May 2005
Sent proposal to publisher in San Francisco - 20 May 2005 Sent first five chapters to Omonomany Press in Memphis - 3 June 2005
Proposal rejected by New York publisher - 9 July 2005
Spring Journal and Books (Canada) Rejected Proposal - 8 February 2006
Sent Proposal to Spring Journal and Books - 25 January 2006
CheckPoint Press accepts manuscipt for publication - January 2008
Published! by CheckPont Press - May 2008
Scumbag to Ph.D.
Omonomany Press considers Scumbag to Ph.D. for publication - 2 Aug 2005
Started writing Scumbag to Ph.D. - 3 Aug 2005
Finished first draft - 14 Oct 2005
Finished second draft - 28 Nov 2005
Started Chapter One editing - 3 February 2006
Finished editing and submitted entire manuscript - 19 May 2006
Omonomany Press informs me they are no longer interested - 2 June 2006
Sent manuscript to New York Literary Agency - 17 June 2006
Found out that New York Literary Agency is corrupt - 25 June 2006
Sent manuscript to Harris Literary Agency - July 2006
Found out that Harris Literary Agency is also corrupt - August 2006
Sent proposal and manuscript to New Horizon Press on 16 Sept 2006
Sent proposal to the Jeff Herman Agency on 3 July 2007
New Horizon Press rejected manuscript on 25 October 2007
Sent query to Austin Wahl Agency Inc. on 26 October 2007
Austin Wahl Agency Inc. accepted manuscript on 31 October 2007
Discovered that the Austin Wahl Agency Inc. is corrupt on 31 October 2007
Proposal accepted by Loving Healing Press 22 October 2008
Loving Healing Press wouldn't publish unless it was re-written. I declined - December 2008
This process doesn't include the hundreds of query letters sent to agents and publishers
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