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I caught up with Dave Cornthwaite - adventurer, author and motivational speaker – at the RGS Explore event recently. He’s an inspiring kind of guy and as a fellow author we chatted through the highs and lows of publishing and especially his new book DATE in which Dave decides to find a girlfriend by attempting to date 100 women in 100 days, the result is an emotional rollercoaster that threatened to turn his world inside out and upside-down.
It promises to be a great read and I’m gonna hit buy on my Kindle right now.
We also chatted about the benefits of traditional publishing versus e-Publishing. Specifically the finances, it goes a little something like this:
Traditional book cover price: £10 | Traditional royalties: 15% (on a good deal) = £1.5 per book.
Epub book cover price: £2.94 | Kindle royalties @ 70% of cover price = £2.05 per book (not including other e-publishers or print on demand).
With Dave’s homegrown audience from his Expedition 1000 project this is a great way for an explorer to write and publish books while retaining control of the marketing and availability. And as Expedition 1000 continues he’ll inevitably sell more and more copies. Don’t know what that is?
In Expedition 1000 Dave plans to raise a million pounds for charity by undertaking twenty-five separate journeys in excess of 1000 miles in distance, each using a different form of non-motorised transport. The project will cover every continent, cross the three major oceans and see Dave reach both poles, a true global adventure with a total distance equivalent to the circumference of the Earth around the Equator
Completed Expeditions
1) Skateboard, 2006: 3621 miles (www.boardfree.co.uk)
2) Kayak, 2009: 1540 miles (www.thegreatbigpaddle.com)
3) Tandem Bicycle, 2011: 1396 miles (see page)
4) Stand Up Paddleboard, 2011, 2404 miles (see page)
In 24 hours, our leaders may wave through a terrifying Merkel/Sarkozy plan that would abolish our right to choose sane economic policies. But, together, we can stop our leaders trashing our democracy and our jobs. Panicked by big banks, Europe’s governments want to change our constitutions and the EU treaty to permanently ban vital public spending. This is nuts: in the 1930s such spending was precisely what allowed Europe and the US to escape the Great Depression. Europe needs to toughen up and regulate the banks, not tie our governments’ hands to make them happy. We live in a democracy — so Europe’s leaders should not be able agree to this plan themselves — they need to come up with solutions that have the approval of the people or our Parliament. We only have 24 hours to save our democracies from this attack — our massive call today can force leaders to respect democracy, regulate the banks, reject austerity, and invest in our future. Our demands will be delivered to the leaders and media outside tomorrow’s meeting. Sign and send to everyone you know before the meeting!
They want to stop borrowing in an economic system that requires it for any country to remain solvent. Unless you zero all unrepayable debt, it’s meaningless.
Want to do something about it? click here for the Avaaz petition.
And remember the Bilderbergers, an unelected business and political elite make up the Presidium of the EU Parliament – the steering committee that guides the whole thing. Look up the Bilderberg attendance lists and then cross reference with the Presidium membership. An unelected bunch of suits telling another unelected bunch of suits what to think and do. And they come up with…debt slavery. Either at a low rate of return or a high one.
And they won’t even execute you in front of yours kids!
The full ad reads:
Extras / Characters required for Top Gear
filming:
Various extras / characters required for Top
Gear filming on 14th December – Male and
Female age range 16 to late-50 s
TOP GEAR FILMING on 14th December.
1. Audi Driver – Male in his mid to late 20s -
30s (think businessman, suit jacket over the
shoulder, Oakley sunglasses, Bluetooth
earpiece)
2. Ferrari Driver – Older male 40s/ 50s (think
hairy chest, white trousers, sunglasses)
3. Bus Passenger – Late teens/ early 20s
male or female (hoodie)
4. Peugeot Driver – Middle age male or
female (think comfortable shoes, lots of beige,
nothing very exciting)
5. Saab Driver – Male, 30s (think architect, roll
neck jumper, trendy glasses)
6. Honda Driver – Female 60’s (think little old
lady)
This is the first of regular posts on off-beat jobs for writers around the world. This week we’ve got an opportunity that sounds like one of those unsubtle ads for MI6/CIA operatives and some car writing jobs both in the US and UK. I’d jump at the first if I didn’t have kids and I may even apply for one of those motoring posts.
Adventurous job:
Honestly, I'm a writer!
International Business Journalists wanted for Oil & Gas intelligence research. Head office in Istanbul with months abroad spent working in target countries.
What you need:
An interest in and experience of travel
Year-around availability
Perfect command of written and spoken English
Excellent presentation
A good university degree in economics, political sciences or international relations is valued
The applicant must be up-to-date on current events, hard working and easy to live with
He or she must keep a cool head under pressure and be at ease with tight deadlines
Or writing for the awesome Jalopnik website. Two writer positions available, one in New York, one in either Los Angeles or Detroit. If i was a Yankee-doodler I’d be in there like a slingshot.
