I must disagree, based on the technicality that there was actually some strenuous physical exercise involved with the volunteer firefighting thing.
On a more serious note, would you actually like to try doing this? Whatever else is wrong, you’re self-evidently capable of expressing yourself coherently and concisely in text. Most of the other prerequisites of being an author can (at least in principle) be handled as arm’s-length transactions, which minimize the need for any sort of personal trust.
I’m willing to entertain any idea; can you describe further? (note: private messages on this site have not been appearing reliably for me. Is there an easier process for identity exchange?)
How silly are you willing to be about the identity-exchange thing? I could, for example, give you my username on Nightstar’s forums, compromise of which would cost me nothing. You create an account there, send me a PM through that forum, I reply with some piece of information which you then repeat in reply to this comment, and (a secure channel having been established) I could then send you my e-mail address through Nightstar’s private messages.
I must disagree, based on the technicality that there was actually some strenuous physical exercise involved with the volunteer firefighting thing.
On a more serious note, would you actually like to try doing this? Whatever else is wrong, you’re self-evidently capable of expressing yourself coherently and concisely in text. Most of the other prerequisites of being an author can (at least in principle) be handled as arm’s-length transactions, which minimize the need for any sort of personal trust.
I’m willing to entertain any idea; can you describe further? (note: private messages on this site have not been appearing reliably for me. Is there an easier process for identity exchange?)
How silly are you willing to be about the identity-exchange thing? I could, for example, give you my username on Nightstar’s forums, compromise of which would cost me nothing. You create an account there, send me a PM through that forum, I reply with some piece of information which you then repeat in reply to this comment, and (a secure channel having been established) I could then send you my e-mail address through Nightstar’s private messages.
Heh, that’s a little more elaborate than necessary, I think. I’m bdill(at)asu(dot)edu; it shouldn’t be too problematic to make that public.