Re: Interview for Book request

[Guest guest]

I have to agree with . If this person is thinking of writing, an

extremely patient editor is desperately needed. Not to mention all that " my

people and your people " nonsense, it sounds like she's trying to establish

contact with aliens for the first time. I don't mean to sound overly

suspicious but I would be weary of granting such an interview to a person

that writes this type of e-mail.

Rose Cunningham

[Guest guest]

I received the same email. This kid wants to be a journalists but has no idea

how to write. Whats this about " your

people, my people " . Are we a different species?? ;-)

Thought it was funny.

lee

Judy Badner wrote:

> This was sent to me through my website.

>

> Judy

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:36:39 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Ismael Cardenas <thegaragegeek@...>

> Subject: re: Interview for Book request

>

> Ms. Badner,

> My name is Ismael Cardenas and I am a Web Developer

> interested in joining the writing industry by

> publishing a book through iUniverse! about small

> people. I understand you're a small person.

>

> I am interested in interviewing you for my book.

> Would you be interested?

>

> The goal of this book is let other people know about

> you small people...something other people know nothing

> about. I want to let them know that your people are

> exactly like my people, and there is no need for fear.

>

> I bring this up because recently for a project of

> mine while doing research online I was appauled to

> find so many 'hate' web sites dedicated to your

> people. All I was doing was simple online research,

> imagine my surprise when I could find no good web

> sites! Other than http://www.Dwarfism.org which by the

> way is how I found your site, I couldn't find anything

> else!

>

> I think that a book that is dedicated to small

> people, not by small people, but FOR small people

> would sell greatly. It's time my people got to know

> your people, wouldn't you agree?

>

> I don't understand why every small person on tv has

> to be some clown or a just 'another midget in a

> flashbook type dream' in a movie,WHY? There is no need

> for such ignorance!

>

> I'm 18 and have taken many journalism classes

> already and are a freshmen(because I left high school

> early) at a College in San Diego and feel that it's

> time that someone wrote about your people, if you may,

> small people. Please join me by allowing me to

> interview you, something I believe may come in handy

> as I'll be selling this book online, something that

> you could use to your advantage.

>

> We can link off each other and I'll provide info

> about your site or a way to contact you. I'm an

> established child Web Developer. My web site can be

> found at http://www.TheGarageGeek.com

>

> Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you.

>

> The book will be published by iUniverse! a highly

> established newcomer in the publishing industry.

> They're web site can be found at

> http://www.iUniverse.com

>

> I am basically looking to interview small people

> from everywhere, of all ages and heights, colors and

> races...everybody who is anybody. Would you join me?

>

> =====

> Ismael Cardenas @ www.theGarageGeek.com @ 650.465.7345

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I was not aware there were so many " hate " groups on the web against little

people. I am aware of a couple of mean

spirited jokes here and there, but nothing in comparison to the KKK, Neo Nazi's

or something. Anyone aware of hate

oriented LP websites?

Judy Badner wrote:

> This was sent to me through my website.

>

> Judy

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:36:39 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Ismael Cardenas <thegaragegeek@...>

> Subject: re: Interview for Book request

>

> Ms. Badner,

> My name is Ismael Cardenas and I am a Web Developer

> interested in joining the writing industry by

> publishing a book through iUniverse! about small

> people. I understand you're a small person.

>

> I am interested in interviewing you for my book.

> Would you be interested?

>

> The goal of this book is let other people know about

> you small people...something other people know nothing

> about. I want to let them know that your people are

> exactly like my people, and there is no need for fear.

>

> I bring this up because recently for a project of

> mine while doing research online I was appauled to

> find so many 'hate' web sites dedicated to your

> people. All I was doing was simple online research,

> imagine my surprise when I could find no good web

> sites! Other than http://www.Dwarfism.org which by the

> way is how I found your site, I couldn't find anything

> else!

>

> I think that a book that is dedicated to small

> people, not by small people, but FOR small people

> would sell greatly. It's time my people got to know

> your people, wouldn't you agree?

>

> I don't understand why every small person on tv has

> to be some clown or a just 'another midget in a

> flashbook type dream' in a movie,WHY? There is no need

> for such ignorance!

>

> I'm 18 and have taken many journalism classes

> already and are a freshmen(because I left high school

> early) at a College in San Diego and feel that it's

> time that someone wrote about your people, if you may,

> small people. Please join me by allowing me to

> interview you, something I believe may come in handy

> as I'll be selling this book online, something that

> you could use to your advantage.

>

> We can link off each other and I'll provide info

> about your site or a way to contact you. I'm an

> established child Web Developer. My web site can be

> found at http://www.TheGarageGeek.com

>

> Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you.

>

> The book will be published by iUniverse! a highly

> established newcomer in the publishing industry.

> They're web site can be found at

> http://www.iUniverse.com

>

> I am basically looking to interview small people

> from everywhere, of all ages and heights, colors and

> races...everybody who is anybody. Would you join me?

>

> =====

> Ismael Cardenas @ www.theGarageGeek.com @ 650.465.7345

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I didnt knew about these hate groups on the web. Why he didnt put

some addresses so we could check them? I am not a lp but i really

didnt like the term " your people " and " my people " . I dont belong to

" his people " because i would never separate humans in groups. There

is no difference between us! Maybe he had a good intention but was

not lucky using terms and concepts. well.. i dont know but i really

didnt like it. It made me feel bad about this " people " thing. Instead

of putting us together he put us apart and that is what i fight

against! I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and maybe as some of you

know, i am trying to create an organization here as LPA to give

information, socialization and etc... because we dont have anything

here - not even a site in portuguese with information - but while it

is not done i use my time and all the oportunities to put peoples

prejudice away and trying to change their minds about this

separation. There is only one people and this is the Human kind. But

that seems to be something difficult to understand! Well.. i had to

say what i was thinking. Forgive me if i said too much but this kind

of thing separates even more the lp from the rest and becoming only

one people with no size differences seems more distant. Thank you for

hearing me. Márcia.

[Guest guest]

> Not to mention all that " my people and your people " nonsense, it

> sounds like she's trying to establish contact with aliens for the

> first time.

I agree that caution is wise when a request like this comes along, but I

don't necessarily agree that this young person should automatically be

given the cold shoulder. It's up to each of us as individuals to decide if

we want to go along with something like this.

Personally, I don't think I would be interested in doing an interview, but

that is just me. Ismael does sound like a sincere young person with a

desire to do something positive, however naive he may be. And let's be

perfectly honest: from his perspective, he *IS* trying to establish

contact with aliens for the first time! It's kind of cute, really.

If you choose to reject his request for an interview, I hope you do it

gently and graciously. It would be a shame if his first experience

contacting little people resulted in us appearing angry and closed-minded.

- Dave

[Guest guest]

Below is the response that I wrote to this young man. I tried to turn him

down gently.

Vita

>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:53:50 -0400

>Ismael Cardenas <thegaragegeek@...>

>From: Vita Gagne <rgagne@...>

>Subject: re: Interview for Book request

>

>Actually, Ismael, I am one of " your people " , as you call it. I am an

average-sized person who happens to have a son who is a dwarfed individual,

or little person as they preferred to be called. Sorry to say, but I

cannot cooperate on your book because I have always felt that such books

need to be written by little people themselves and/or their most

knowledgeable family members. Dwarfism is so specialized, that, truly,

only someone who is very knowledgeable can do justice to the subject. You

seem to have correct ideas about little people in general and their

abilities and possibilities in this world made for those of us born to be

taller, but that is a far cry from being able to do justice to the subject

of dwarfism.

>

>I say this because I don't think that I could do justice to the subject

_either_, even after 25 years of knowing and working with little people. I

have more than a general idea of what a little person's life is like

because I've been living with our son for 25 years, but I can never truly

understand _all_ of the emotional ins and outs. And, certainly, having

dealt with so many average-sized people in those same 25 years, I can tell

you that even the most intelligent ones would also not be candidates for

such a proposed project.

>

>Good luck in any other endeavors, however.!

>

>Vita Gagne

>

>At 06:20 PM 5/20/01 -0700, you wrote:

>>Vita Gagne,

>> My name is Ismael Cardenas and I am a Web Developer

>>interested in joining the writing industry by

>>publishing a book through iUniverse! about small

>>people. I understand you're a small person.

>>

>> I am interested in interviewing you for my book.

>>Would you be interested?

>>

>> The goal of this book is let other people know about

>>you small people...something other people know nothing

>>about. I want to let them know that your people are

>>exactly like my people, and there is no need for fear.

>>

>> I bring this up because recently for a project of

>>mine while doing research online I was appauled to

>>find so many 'hate' web sites dedicated to your

>>people. All I was doing was simple online research,

>>imagine my surprise when I could find no good web

>>sites! Other than http://www.Dwarfism.org which by the

>>way is how I found your site, I couldn't find anything

>>else!

>>

>> I think that a book that is dedicated to small

>>people, not by small people, but FOR small people

>>would sell greatly. It's time my people got to know

>>your people, wouldn't you agree?

>>

>> I don't understand why every small person on tv has

>>to be some clown or a just 'another midget in a

>>flashbook type dream' in a movie,WHY? There is no need

>>for such ignorance!

>>

>> I'm 18 and have taken many journalism classes

>>already and are a freshmen(because I left high school

>>early) at a College in San Diego and feel that it's

>>time that someone wrote about your people, if you may,

>>small people. Please join me by allowing me to

>>interview you, something I believe may come in handy

>>as I'll be selling this book online, something that

>>you could use to your advantage.

>>

>> We can link off each other and I'll provide info

>>about your site or a way to contact you. I'm an

>>established child Web Developer. My web site can be

>>found at http://www.TheGarageGeek.com

>>

>> Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you.

>>

>> The book will be published by iUniverse! a highly

>>established newcomer in the publishing industry.

>>They're web site can be found at

>>http://www.iUniverse.com

>>

>> I am basically looking to interview small people

>>from everywhere, of all ages and heights, colors and

>>races...everybody who is anybody. Would you join me?

>>

>>

>>

>>=====

>>Ismael Cardenas @ www.theGarageGeek.com @ 650.465.7345

>>

>>__________________________________________________

>>

[Guest guest]

I have no reason to doubt this young man's sincerity, but I do want

to point out that iUniverse is not a real publisher. It's a vanity

press, and authors *pay* to get their work published. Not a very

promising project, I would say. I also have to wonder how on the ball

he is if the only good dwarfism site he could find was Dwarfism.org.

LPA Online pops up readily on Google (widely considered the

Internet's best search engine) and (the most popular), as well

as in many, many other directories.

Dan Kennedy

Internet services coordinator

Little People of America, Inc.

http://www.lpaonline.org

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:36:39 -0700 (PDT)

From: Ismael Cardenas <thegaragegeek@...>

Subject: re: Interview for Book request

Ms. Badner,

My name is Ismael Cardenas and I am a Web Developer

interested in joining the writing industry by

publishing a book through iUniverse! about small

people. I understand you're a small person.

I am interested in interviewing you for my book.

Would you be interested?

The goal of this book is let other people know about

you small people...something other people know nothing

about. I want to let them know that your people are

exactly like my people, and there is no need for fear.

I bring this up because recently for a project of

mine while doing research online I was appauled to

find so many 'hate' web sites dedicated to your

people. All I was doing was simple online research,

imagine my surprise when I could find no good web

sites! Other than http://www.Dwarfism.org which by the

way is how I found your site, I couldn't find anything

else!

I think that a book that is dedicated to small

people, not by small people, but FOR small people

would sell greatly. It's time my people got to know

your people, wouldn't you agree?

I don't understand why every small person on tv has

to be some clown or a just 'another midget in a

flashbook type dream' in a movie,WHY? There is no need

for such ignorance!

I'm 18 and have taken many journalism classes

already and are a freshmen(because I left high school

early) at a College in San Diego and feel that it's

time that someone wrote about your people, if you may,

small people. Please join me by allowing me to

interview you, something I believe may come in handy

as I'll be selling this book online, something that

you could use to your advantage.

We can link off each other and I'll provide info

about your site or a way to contact you. I'm an

established child Web Developer. My web site can be

found at http://www.TheGarageGeek.com

Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you.

The book will be published by iUniverse! a highly

established newcomer in the publishing industry.

They're web site can be found at

http://www.iUniverse.com

I am basically looking to interview small people

from everywhere, of all ages and heights, colors and

races...everybody who is anybody. Would you join me?

=====

Ismael Cardenas @ www.theGarageGeek.com @ 650.465.7345

[Guest guest]

I do not understand the " problem " with this person wanting to write a book

about us " little people " ? I think it is awesome!

Tammy