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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1919946, member: 11854&quot;]I&#039;m not going to address all the items you bring up because there is no use for me to engage in a debate over fine points.&nbsp; Rather, I will explain <i>why</i> I wrote that you are proving my statements correct and will then touch on a few broader points from those posts. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had previously stated that I believe you are wildly underestimating the time, work and discipline needed to accomplish your goal.&nbsp; Your goal, as best as I can recall from the statements in the beginning of this thread, is to write a definitive, illustrated, multi-volume encyclopedia set devoted to a single designer and going through all the iterations of their US Mint work.&nbsp; It may include other items, too, but I haven&#039;t gone through to re-read everything since it really isn&#039;t important for this post.&nbsp; I wrote my wildly underestimating comment and you responded with a paragraph that contained, in part, the following quote-</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Writing can&#039;t be THAT hard, there&#039;s literally MILLIONS of books in like every language know to man. Plus writing is a lot more simple than you think, all you have to know how to do is READ.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I left your usage of capitalization as you had written the words.&nbsp; The sentences quoted were why I wrote that you were proving my statements correct.&nbsp; In my opinion, they seem to support the idea that you are underestimating the task at-hand.&nbsp; I&#039;m not stating that you <i>can&#039;t</i> get this done; but while you acknowledge that it will be a long road, I don&#039;t know if you truly believe it will be a <i>tough</i> road, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the two posts in your response I read and will address those points I think most germane.&nbsp; The book that Dick and I worked on together was split up by interest so that Dick did virtually all the die marriage write-ups and I did the background, history, Congressional Acts, etc...&nbsp; This worked well for us and, since the book will most likely be in front of an audience looking for information on die marriages, Dick&#039;s name was used as the author while I was recognized as author of certain parts.&nbsp; Neither of us wrote completely original content and that of course is recognized in the book, too.&nbsp; It would have been impossible to write without the studies of those who came before us.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your reading of my tone as possibly arrogant wasn&#039;t my intention although I realized when it was written that it could be taken that way.&nbsp; This is how I write and I would have spoken those words to you if we had been face-to-face and then, if you bristled, could have explained in-depth any points.&nbsp; Oddly enough, in one of those two recent posts you wrote that you may be viewed as cocky or confident (also known as arrogant) based upon your words in this thread.&nbsp; I would not argue with that observation and think it might be a little more extreme than you think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, I bring up my PhD thesis because that is an essentially decade long process in a field where the final result includes a long written work that contains some novel ideas or experiments and that is meant to move the field forward.&nbsp; In many ways it is similar to what you are proposing.&nbsp; Your acknowledgement of the length of the project and strong confidence before starting it (or before getting that far into it depending upon what you have done already) is incredibly and eerily similar to what I witnessed in many graduate students while I was in graduate school.&nbsp; These were <i>awfully smart folks</i> who had already accomplished things in their chosen fields and were set up in Ivy League environments.&nbsp; They also realized it would take quite a while to accomplish their goals yet were brimming with confidence.&nbsp; The attrition rate within this group of qualified, pre-selected folks was essentially 50% within the first two years and only rose thereafter.&nbsp; More than confidence, intelligence and a realization of time are required to achieve certain goals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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