This morning as I was driving down my kids to their school I was telling them about what subjects I chose after my 10th board exams and how I chose to go to engineering rather than medicine, etc. I then realized that they hardly know about my childhood. The only know those elements that I have revealed to them. They definitely need to know more. With a twinge of regret I then realized that I hardly know anything about my parents.
That is not on. Something needs to be done. Typing off an autobiography on my laptop and storing it in a DVD maybe meaningless if 20 years down the line DVD is outdated (the way floppies are now). The Internet cloud is the best option.
Now a serialized autobiography would be absolutely boring. Need to think about it. Perhaps, I will leave bits and pieces of my life embedded in my blogs. That way I am assured of at least two blog visitors long after I die. My sons need to read every post of my blog to piece my life together. This is a fun idea. Need to think about it a bit more.
I am, of course, assuming that my sons will be interested in knowing about their dad's past!
Picture courtesy: Franci Strümpfer
Did Steve Harvey copy the book title Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man
ReplyDeleteand theme from an earlier book?
Book with same title & theme copyrighted and published by Sharon P. Carson in 2003
CHICAGO, IL – Sharon P. Carson the author of the original title: Act Like A Lady –Think
Like A Man, watched the February 27th episode of the Ophra show on which Steve Harvey was
promoting his book of the same title. She was hoping that Steve would reveal to Oprah
where he got the title and the theme for the book. It just seemed odd to her that his book
had the same title and theme as her book that was copy written in 2003.
Upon subsequently purchasing the book, she found some interesting parallels and realized
that it is not unusual for a high profiled person to take a great title and theme, rewrite
a book and use their celebrity status to sell it. This she says happens too often to the
unsung poets, authors and entrepreneurs of the world.
Steve wrote in his book that his hope was to “empower you with a wide-open look into the
minds of men”. Sharon P. Carson wrote in her book in 2003 that her hope was for women to
gain some insight into how men think in terms of relationships. Sharon also noted that in
chapter 8 of Steve Harvey’s book titled “Why Men Cheat” he came to the same conclusion that
she did in chapter 37 of her book, titled “Why would a man cheat”, and the answer was,
“because they can”.
Sharon actively promoted her book before the release in January 2009 of Steve Harvey’s
book, and would not like to see her promotion efforts hindered. She feels that her book has
much to offer from a woman’s perspective and seeks to empower women to practice self love
and tough love in relationships.
Before the publication of Steve Harvey’s book of the same title, Sharon bought the domain
name: www.actlikealadythinklikeaman.com from which she has been selling her book. She has
also held seminars with women at a Chicago University in promotion of her book, and can be
viewed on the following youtube clip as she was being interviewed on a cable television
program about her book in 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVVQX15X2Y.
Mindful of all the self - published poets and authors who have a hard time finding
publishers for their works, Sharon is currently consulting with attorneys regarding her
options, and hopes that her book with the first and original title of Act Like A Lady Think
Like A Man will finally receive the recognition it deserves for the wisdom, encouragement,
and empowerment that it provides to women.
@Siladitya, are you sure you typed the above comment on the correct page? :-) This looks more like a blog entry. Unless you intended to comment on http://churn-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/black-swan-tipping-over.html
ReplyDeleteno,its ok.
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