Dave L Wrote:
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> Hi MJ,
>
> Thanks for your good suggestions.
>
> There is no more difficult math than, for example,
> a half decent 14 year old student could
> understand. Unfortunately this is beyond some
> people, particularly people who work in the arts
> etc rather than sciences.

Hello Dave,

Of course.
Not everybody has a head for even the most basic of maths – I hadn’t allowed for that.


> As for the symbolism, it's quite evidently correct
> when you see what it meant, so I see no need to
> doubt it, or to expect any great degree of
> discussion of it. Petrie was quite correct, and
> the symbolism proves it.

Hmm, not entirely happy with this; symbolism is a tricky little beast.
You may have no need to doubt your findings – there would be no point in pursuing the subject if you did – but I do feel that others are not going to see it the same way and that you should brace yourself for a fair amount of criticism, particularly from the anti-pi brigade.


> And finally, I am not necessarily out to make a
> profit, however, I fully intend to use the book as
> a basis for furthering my career in the subject
> matter, as I have staked a lot on this work, and
> spent mant thousands of hours on it, so yes, I do
> need to make sure it is published seriously, so
> that I can have recognition for the work I have
> done, and so that I can use that as a basis for
> further work in the field. I am now full time in
> professional archaeology, so this is not just a
> hobby anymore.
> So I really need a professional publisher and a
> professional editor, and until that happens I
> can't risk a 'partial' release of the book. It
> needs to go out with an official ISBN, or not at
> all.
>
> I've put the house on this - the boats have been
> burned and there's no turning back now

Ah, now I begin to see the position you find yourself in.
In total contrast, my own interest in and work on the subject has always been and still is very much a hobby for me.
The only costs involved have been time (something I have had in great abundance for the last 20 years – being unemployable because of chronic illness does, paradoxically, have its good points ), goodness knows how many packs of 500 sheets of A4 copier paper of varying quality (the bulk of which has gone to the local landfill site via the local recycling centre), and a few (thank heavens for HP’s ‘FastDraft’ mode, say I) ink cartridges.

I do sincerely wish you the best of luck with your book, and look forward to reading it – a signed copy, of course.

Regards,

MJ



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