Re: Mike Wise writing a book?

["Cory and Susanne Williamson" <webwill@infinet.net>]

Is there a ref. for this publication?

Cory
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: February 23, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mike Wise writing a book?


> Mike,
>
> You do have your priorities right!!!
>
> I also understand where you are coming from....
>
> Happy to have you on the list, at ACA, and in the ASG
>
> ....still if you change your mind.....or win the lottery, we will be here
> waiting.  :)   You definitely make unique contributions to the hobby and
> when I was looking back in '96....the only one that coherently had
> published and described clearly the apisto classification system (even if
> it was 10 years prior) was you.  Thanks, I have always appreciated the
> teaching.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
>
> > Kathy (Ladies first), Tsuh Yang & Vinny, and everyone,
> >
> > Oh God! Did I stick my foot in my mouth! Tsuh Yang's right, family will
always
> > come first, then apistos, ASG, and then all of you guys on the list
(sorry). Yes,
> > I do have empty tanks, but only 25 - 30 of them and none are over 30
gallons (of
> > course I don't have any tanks over 30 gallons!). Vinny's right, too, Uwe
has a
> > wife, son, and daughter. Ingo has a wife, daughter, and several dozen
students.
> > Suffering must be a prerequisite for writing a d.c. book!
> >
> > Once, in the glow of many accolades, I semi-seriously considered writing
a book
> > in installments for the ASG. Sitting back and looking at it
dispassionately I
> > realized that I didn't have the resources to do it properly. Access to
newly
> > discovered species is a major part in writing any book on this subject.
I don't
> > have access to the fish (I'm not rich by any means and dwarf cichlids
are next to
> > impossible to find in Denver unless you come to my ... (Oh No, I won't
go
> > there!)). Unless you are TFH Publications or A.C.S. Glaser, access to
reasonable
> > photos of all the needed species is extremely difficult. Time could be
found for
> > observing and breeding all of the species, but I feel mass breeding each
species
> > only once or twice would become more like work than a hobby. This is
something I
> > don't want to happen! I'm happy observing and breeding obscure,
> > less-than-commerically-salable (= mostly ugly), apistos that fill my
tanks right
> > now.
> >
> > My question is why do we need another book?? Right now there are 2 books
on West
> > Africans, 8 books on Neotropicals and 3 on dwarfs in general that are in
print
> > and available right now. (Oh, yes,  I do have a manuscript to one more,
but it
> > certainly isn't mine!) There is also the ASG which is progressing nicely
thanks
> > to the few dedicated people willing to work on its Steering Committee.
There's
> > the Apisto Mailing List, too. Do we really need more books? All I can do
is
> > repeat what the other books say. Is it worth it? I don't think so.
Besides, I
> > don't need all of you picking my book apart for errors & mis-IDs! Oh,
and for
> > those who just have to have my autograph, I hope to see you all at the
ACA
> > Convention in Cleveland in July.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> >
> >
> > V Kutty wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > please, vinny... mike's gonna tell you he's too busy with a wife,
kids, a
> > > house... i tell you, he's got all his priorities screwed up... :-)
> > > >
> > > > for god's sake, he's got empty tanks at home!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
> > >
> > > He's gotta spend an hour a day answering all our danged
questions...cut back
> > > to half hour and write the book with the other half.  If you've been
on the
> > > list for more than a year, you notice that the questions kinda repeat.
Then
> > > all he has to say is "Read the book!"  Simple.  Mike, it'll be a labor
of
> > > love!
> > >
> > > Vinny
> > >
> > > PS: Romer's got a wife, house, job etc.  Koslowski must too.  Heck,
being
> > > busy is a prerequisite!
> > >
> >
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