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Ken Bondy
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A Favor To Ask
This is a little complicated for me. For the past year I have been working on something, I won't call it a "book" at this point, but it may end up
being one. I started it primarily as a "posterity" thing, mainly for my grandkids and a few others. Now I am not so sure where it is going. But in
any event it is substantially "done" now and at a point where I am willing to show it to some people I trust and ask for some feedback. That feedback
will largely determine where it goes from here. Only a few individuals outside my immediate family have seen it.
As you know from my postings on this board, I have a genetic flaw, an obsession with underwater photography. This document that I have substantially
completed describes, in pictures and words, five magnificent places I have dived and photographed in my lifetime, underwater and topside. Of course
one of the five places is Baja California and the Sea of Cortez. Here is a link to the document:
http://www.kenbondy.com/Journeys.htm
The document includes a preface and 7 chapters. The first five chapters are the places. Baja and the Sea of Cortez is Chapter 3. The files are
large because they contain lots of photos. The entire document is 30MB. Each chapter can be viewed individually, to save download time.
Please feel free to browse through all the chapters, but I would particularly like your feedback on Chapter 3. It will be particularly helpful to me.
Any feedback, criticism, corrections, hilarious laughter, anything......will be appreciated. You all know that I have a particular fascination with
Morro Bay. The preface and Chapter 1 might explain why.
I greatly appreciate your help.
++Ken++
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bajamigo
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Just read Chapter 3. If I were browsing in the Baja section of any bookstore, I'd buy every available copy for myself, and friends and family. You
have really captured the spirit of the moment and, I believe, have done us all a great service by preserving for posterity a corner of the world
which, alas, may not be around for our grankids.
I would seriously recommend your looking for a publisher. While the book may need a little wordsmithing, it has tremendous substance. It will touch
many lives.
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Cardon
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Ken, You have created a real treasure. This book will be one of your families most valuable earthly possesions. You should toss in a few more
pictures of yourself I think.
Great Job! Craig
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Iflyfish
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I have in the past suggested that you do this.
I look forward to reviewing your work and will give you honest feedback.
An honest critic is a good friend to have.
Iflyfish
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BajaTrooper
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Wonderful stories Ken. Your photography is stunning.
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FJ40Mark
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Simply a great read. Thanks for sharing that.
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Mexitron
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Beautiful Photography...nicely done!
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osoflojo
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JEEEEEZ, What magic........I agree with all the above especially BAJAMIGO. Well done Ken.
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tripledigitken
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Ken,
I'm looking forward to looking at your manuscript this weekend.
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jettygirl
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WOW.
What a great way to see what I'm too afraid to go in the water and see for myself 
Looking forward to some good reading later on and browsing the other chapters.
Thanks for sharing.
\" If your lucky enough to live by the sea .....
Your lucky enough\"
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CWF
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I've only skimmed through the text and enjoyed the photos but agree that this is a book worth publishing. Well done! Amazing photos. How do you get
the fish to pose for you like that?
My friend Lowell Lindsay owns Sunbelt Publications. You should contact him if you haven't already chosen a publisher:
Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
1256 Fayette Street
El Cajon, CA 92020
1-800-626-6579
info@sunbeltpub.com
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Osprey
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Ken, you've kept the stories uncluttered so you don't need much editing. A map in chapter 3 would let the reader who doesn't know Baja, discover how
to get to the place in the story.
Chapter 3 strikes a strong chord with me because my first air trip down here was in a very old Beech Bonanza to what is now Los Barriles in 1969 --
the whole place set the hook in my heart enough that I now live full time down here and have not gone back to the U.S. in 12 years. Love everything
about your book.
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DianaT
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Publish, publish, and publish! I knew you took great photos, but now I know you also write well. It was easy to follow and kept my full attention.
I agree that a map would be helpful.
Thank you for sharing the sneak preview, and when you do publish,  let us know
the date.
So far, I only read the Baja part, but look forward to traveling to the other locations a little later.
Go for it!
Diane
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David K
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Ken, check your u2u (by the way, great idea, and thanks for sharing with us!)
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Bajagypsy
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Ken, you have to publish, it is wonderful.
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boe4fun
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Que Stupendo!!!!
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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fdt
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WOW, I read your Baja Chapter 3 twice, it's great, I am amazed at all the other photographs you have , you are one of a very few. Thank you, thank
you, thank you,gracias, gracias, gracias.
fernando
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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sylens
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beautiful
words and photos. definitely must be published. i would buy it with pleasure. as grover says, the utter absence of typos, misspellings and
grammatical flaws is awesome. you have a heckuvan editorial knack or assistant
and as for the photos, they are stunning. thank you for sharing
lili
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vgabndo
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Wow Ken. My wife and I just finished a (way too fast) review of chapter 3, and if WOW's were legal tender we'd be rich. We are indeed richer for
having been allowed to share the product of your remarkable talent.
We'll be waiting for the book. Perry
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Skipjack Joe
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Well, you certainly HAVE lived a full life, Ken.
I need more time in order to provide helpful criticism.
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