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This would be a super deal but for that it happen please take what Joe W . had to say to heart. :smile:
Writing my story
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Thats great Robin! This may be the time for pool movies. I can't explain any more, but I heard from another buddy of mine who's been contacted by Hollywood regarding a new movie. I'll know more at the Derby and if it's permissable I'll explain then. Could be the start of something big!
just more hot air!
Sherm
just more hot air!
Sherm
Great news Robin I cant wait to read it. I am sure it will be quite the hit.
Nicol's game is really starting to take shape sice her lessons with you. Main thing is she is playing with A LOT more confidence. We will be getting in touch with you shortly.
Thanks,
Darin
Nicol's game is really starting to take shape sice her lessons with you. Main thing is she is playing with A LOT more confidence. We will be getting in touch with you shortly.
Thanks,
Darin
Do it, Do it, and Do it well!
I think this is a great idea. Hey if you star in this thing, let me know where to audition for the pool playin love interest:wink:. Okay, okay, or maybe the rack boy? Anyhow I would love to see more pool personalities displayed, good and bad, for the masses. It will have a wonderful affect on all that participate in the industry. Good for you!
I think this is a great idea. Hey if you star in this thing, let me know where to audition for the pool playin love interest:wink:. Okay, okay, or maybe the rack boy? Anyhow I would love to see more pool personalities displayed, good and bad, for the masses. It will have a wonderful affect on all that participate in the industry. Good for you!
Book, telly and of course the big screen. It's all possible so don't go into this without having the proper amount of professional advice UPFRONT as JoeW suggested.
For audio notes, a Sony ICD-P520 is very portable, works great and is economical. It is easy to use when you wake up in the middle of the night with one of those great ideas; but like pool, mumbling at night takes practice. :wink:
JoeyA
For audio notes, a Sony ICD-P520 is very portable, works great and is economical. It is easy to use when you wake up in the middle of the night with one of those great ideas; but like pool, mumbling at night takes practice. :wink:
JoeyA
Thank you...Thank You....THANK YOU!!!! You have just enough time to start grooming a left handed teenager (to Play you in the beginning) but You should definitely Play yourself in the rest of the movie and get "Michael Mann" (Miami Vice director extrodinar IMO) as the Director. Robin you are a fantastic person and an even better pool player. Michael Mann can turn anybody and I do mean anybody into a great actor of actress. Miami Vice is a good example Find some old Miami Vice Movies and you will see what I mean). Michael Mann took professional Football players(Jim McMahon), Boxers (Carlos Palomino, Don King), Musicians (Glenn Frey) to name a few and made them very believable. He can direct real people (such as yourself a very real person) so you don't need to be an actress just be yourself (something you have been all your life). Here comes your BLESSINGS (Right on time as always) GO GO GO for it!!!
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This is in such early stages...more than anything I think it might be fun to at least record my story. Who knows
There are many unauthorized biographies that make money for the author and anger the person written about. Be careful here and don't let anyone else hear it until you have a non-disclosure agreement written by your attorney.
You may think it is not much more than your own ramblings but others could make a fortune at your expense. You have a long distinguished career with plenty of interesting stories, just the sort of thing someone would want to sell as a movie script. The time is right and the topic could be hot.
The sharks in the pool world are small fish compared to the business world. People will use the very things that you prize most about yourself to get what they want and you will not see it coming. I have been there and it is very ugly. You can find yourself strangled by your own acts. Legal guidance is a must before you commit anything to paper or tape recorder that anyone else will read or hear.
A very good friend of mine became a vicious underhanded person when a few million dollars were in the offing. I never expected it of him. But when this much money was at stake it is truly amazing what some people will do. You need to be very careful. A "friend" who gets you to talk about your exploits can then go and confirm your statements with other sources and write whatever they want to say about you if it is appropriately stated and attributed.
When you get into some of these areas people are looking to make tens of millions of dollars and many groups represented by law firms cannot be trusted. You have to be represented by someone who takes care of only your interests.
Like most of us you will think, "Oh that is not a problem in my case." You could be very surprised by the outcome. A "case" like yours is just the sort of thing the business sharks are looking for. If they small blood in the water it can get very ugly.
Ever notice that if you buy a house there are (or should be) three attorneys; one for the bank, one for the seller, and one for the buyer. Every group has to look out for their own interests. Even then a neutral third party holds the documents and the money until everything is "legal." ANd there are only a few hundred thousand dollars involved. What do you think these people do when they see a few million dollars?
The first thing you need is to copyright your own ramblings. It cost next to nothing and in the simplist version only requires you to write "copyright 2009 by Robin ...." Then sell one copy to someone, anyone, and you are reasonably protected.
Note that a writer only needs to change your phrasing, rearrange a topic or two and it becomes a new work. So even copyright protection is somewhat limited. The best way is to discuss the issues with your attorney, submit an outline with one or two of the more interesting chapters to a recognized publisher and get a written contract for a work to be completed. This is standard procedure and will provide substantial protection. Then you keep the manuscript private (as propriatary information) until the publisher has it in shape for publication and possible movie rights, etc.
Once the legalities are settled you can join with a ghost writer or preferably allow the publisher to select someone they have worked with in the past.
There are many good people in the world. None-the-less you must be careful. Your story would make a great movie and could make a lot of money for someone -- let's make sure it is you.
A 60s kinda girl who proceeds through the problems of the times and emerges as a highly professional well respected woman who is subsequently inducted into the Hall of Fame. Smacks of the modern woman and how to succeed in the male dominated pool world of the time. Sounds like a helluva story to me with all the sex, drugs and violence that Hollywood would add into the mix.
You may think it is not much more than your own ramblings but others could make a fortune at your expense. You have a long distinguished career with plenty of interesting stories, just the sort of thing someone would want to sell as a movie script. The time is right and the topic could be hot.
The sharks in the pool world are small fish compared to the business world. People will use the very things that you prize most about yourself to get what they want and you will not see it coming. I have been there and it is very ugly. You can find yourself strangled by your own acts. Legal guidance is a must before you commit anything to paper or tape recorder that anyone else will read or hear.
A very good friend of mine became a vicious underhanded person when a few million dollars were in the offing. I never expected it of him. But when this much money was at stake it is truly amazing what some people will do. You need to be very careful. A "friend" who gets you to talk about your exploits can then go and confirm your statements with other sources and write whatever they want to say about you if it is appropriately stated and attributed.
When you get into some of these areas people are looking to make tens of millions of dollars and many groups represented by law firms cannot be trusted. You have to be represented by someone who takes care of only your interests.
Like most of us you will think, "Oh that is not a problem in my case." You could be very surprised by the outcome. A "case" like yours is just the sort of thing the business sharks are looking for. If they small blood in the water it can get very ugly.
Ever notice that if you buy a house there are (or should be) three attorneys; one for the bank, one for the seller, and one for the buyer. Every group has to look out for their own interests. Even then a neutral third party holds the documents and the money until everything is "legal." ANd there are only a few hundred thousand dollars involved. What do you think these people do when they see a few million dollars?
The first thing you need is to copyright your own ramblings. It cost next to nothing and in the simplist version only requires you to write "copyright 2009 by Robin ...." Then sell one copy to someone, anyone, and you are reasonably protected.
Note that a writer only needs to change your phrasing, rearrange a topic or two and it becomes a new work. So even copyright protection is somewhat limited. The best way is to discuss the issues with your attorney, submit an outline with one or two of the more interesting chapters to a recognized publisher and get a written contract for a work to be completed. This is standard procedure and will provide substantial protection. Then you keep the manuscript private (as propriatary information) until the publisher has it in shape for publication and possible movie rights, etc.
Once the legalities are settled you can join with a ghost writer or preferably allow the publisher to select someone they have worked with in the past.
There are many good people in the world. None-the-less you must be careful. Your story would make a great movie and could make a lot of money for someone -- let's make sure it is you.
A 60s kinda girl who proceeds through the problems of the times and emerges as a highly professional well respected woman who is subsequently inducted into the Hall of Fame. Smacks of the modern woman and how to succeed in the male dominated pool world of the time. Sounds like a helluva story to me with all the sex, drugs and violence that Hollywood would add into the mix.
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Go for it!! Make sure you get paid.
Robin you have a wonderful story to tell.
Glory to the Lord!,
Ken Thomason
Glory to the Lord!,
Ken Thomason
just what I was thinking
Mrs. Robin:
Joe W. in post #28 has articulated just the sort of thing I would hope you would guard against. With pool's historical stories of people getting cheated, I would not like to see it happening to you. I'm assuming you were asking for some helpful input, and Mr. Joe W has really said it very well.
This is in such early stages...more than anything I think it might be fun to at least record my story. Who knows
Mrs. Robin:
Joe W. in post #28 has articulated just the sort of thing I would hope you would guard against. With pool's historical stories of people getting cheated, I would not like to see it happening to you. I'm assuming you were asking for some helpful input, and Mr. Joe W has really said it very well.
Joe W.
Joe W.
Thank you for your time , I'm such an open book it is hard to not trust people.
However that said...ever since watchez said "Robin tell us a story" I have been reminiscing. Then Drake must of been talking to his friend about me ( I asked my kids if they would want my World Championship Cues and Cases....so glad I didn't sell...they sooooo want them)
Anyway....that is how it kind of all got started, then when Thomas asked about it...I was thinking hmmmm Lord is it time?
But.....today I was thinking about my past....and there is NO WAY I could let one of Drake's friends hear what I guess you would say is "Raw Material". I can't believe how a little girl (by most or our standards) could have gone through all of it, In today's time....dead without a doubt!
But of all the rough memories...in my humble opinion WOW is there ever a script! So back to the drawing board. I think I will get the recorder like Joey A mentioned...even if just for me.
Thanks everyone!
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oops, definitely not a writer
We can work out my percentage later.
Robin: I was glad to read that you are re-thinking the situation.
When I first went into private practice I took a $500.00 workshop to learn how to run a practice. The most important thing I learned was to get an attorney first.
Your attorney is the only person who can give your life away, plead you guilty to whatever, etc. The attorney should select the CPA, the insurance person and become the secretary of your company. If the attorney doesn't get along with the other people, the other people are out. In this way I could concentrate on what my professional life was about and let my attorney handle all the rest. It is worth far more than the money you pay the attorney, it is a life time relationship. I had a standard procedure in which anything that needed to be signed went to my attorney first. If he did not like it we did not do it. Your attorney becomes something like a best friend who knows you, the details of your public life, and how you prefer to approach the public.
My attorney knew when to get another attorney who specialized in some other area, such as tax law etc. Having your own attorney is like having a family physician. These people run interference for you. They know where to go and who to get to do the things that need to be done that will make you the most money and keep you safe in those shark infested waters.
It is good to be trusting. This is my preferred style in life. And because this is your preferred style there is all the more reason to have an attorney who allows you to be you. The attorney is the "bad" guy as needed. I used to tell people that I would really like to do XYZ but my attorney, who had read the details, would not let me. Sure I sounded like a wimp but between the two of us I got to be who I am and he took care of me: This is a combination that can't be beat. The one, and only, time I listened to a friend and colleague and not my attorney, I lost a huge amount of money.
One of the suggestions that worked for me was about how to find an attorney. I was referred to a fellow and had him draw up a family will. This cost $150.00 or so and gave me the opportunity to interview him and determine if he was the kind of person I wanted to work with over a long period of time. I worked with a few different attorneys until I found a person who fit my style.
There, you just got the benefit of a professional's workshop because they really did not say much more than what is given here.
BTW I would run the manuscript by the attorney to make sure that there is nothing that would get me in trouble later on. The publisher will also do this but then the publisher is protecting their own interests and your interests where they coincide. Each person has to take care of their own needs is the standard by which I ran my professional life.
When I first went into private practice I took a $500.00 workshop to learn how to run a practice. The most important thing I learned was to get an attorney first.
Your attorney is the only person who can give your life away, plead you guilty to whatever, etc. The attorney should select the CPA, the insurance person and become the secretary of your company. If the attorney doesn't get along with the other people, the other people are out. In this way I could concentrate on what my professional life was about and let my attorney handle all the rest. It is worth far more than the money you pay the attorney, it is a life time relationship. I had a standard procedure in which anything that needed to be signed went to my attorney first. If he did not like it we did not do it. Your attorney becomes something like a best friend who knows you, the details of your public life, and how you prefer to approach the public.
My attorney knew when to get another attorney who specialized in some other area, such as tax law etc. Having your own attorney is like having a family physician. These people run interference for you. They know where to go and who to get to do the things that need to be done that will make you the most money and keep you safe in those shark infested waters.
It is good to be trusting. This is my preferred style in life. And because this is your preferred style there is all the more reason to have an attorney who allows you to be you. The attorney is the "bad" guy as needed. I used to tell people that I would really like to do XYZ but my attorney, who had read the details, would not let me. Sure I sounded like a wimp but between the two of us I got to be who I am and he took care of me: This is a combination that can't be beat. The one, and only, time I listened to a friend and colleague and not my attorney, I lost a huge amount of money.
One of the suggestions that worked for me was about how to find an attorney. I was referred to a fellow and had him draw up a family will. This cost $150.00 or so and gave me the opportunity to interview him and determine if he was the kind of person I wanted to work with over a long period of time. I worked with a few different attorneys until I found a person who fit my style.
There, you just got the benefit of a professional's workshop because they really did not say much more than what is given here.
BTW I would run the manuscript by the attorney to make sure that there is nothing that would get me in trouble later on. The publisher will also do this but then the publisher is protecting their own interests and your interests where they coincide. Each person has to take care of their own needs is the standard by which I ran my professional life.
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Joe W.
Thank you once again! After reading your words this seem like it could be really serious...I will be very careful. Thank you!