Product Description

Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos represents the work of accomplished writers from all across the USA and Canada. The Anthology has been produced both a conventional paper-and-ink volume and as an ebook file in popular formats, the first collection of contemporary authors published in both forms simultaneously. Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos contains An Arpeggio of Sixteen Unique Pieces.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6438021 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Review
Seldom have I enjoyed such stirring stories as produced by the writers of the gems in this anthology. -- Suzanne Berne, Author of "A Crime in the Neighborhood," Winner of the coveted British Orange Prize

Some pieces expressed the spiritual depth of a Beethoven sonata; others, the psychological subtlety of a Chopin polonaise. -- Louis M. Savary, Musician, Mathematician and Co-author of "Kything: The Art of Spiritual Presence"

This anthology contains sparkling samples of a splendid smattering of short stories produced in pursuit of quality storytelling. -- Clare Crawford-Mason, Television Documentary Producer and Co-author of "Quality... or Else!"

From the Publisher
Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos can be used in conjunction with the book: Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos Reader's Guide [ISBN: 0-9672220-4-4]

It is late 1999. Within a generation the population of those-whether worldwide-web-connected or not-who assume the Internet always existed, like motorcars and refrigeration, will exceed the remnant of us for whom it is a miracle.

Electronic publishing may already top the list of unique industries spawned by the Internet. The electronic book is now defined as either of two things: 1) the text of a book-length work stored and distributed as a computer file and used in that form on computers of various description, or 2) a device taking the place of a paper-and-ink book, designed to display the contents of an ebook file.

In the words of pundit Tom Brosnahan, "the ebook is the revolutionary technology which, after three thousand years of written communication, finally and forever disempowers... all of the obstacles and bottlenecks between writer and reader."

DamnYankee.com has been on the lookout for the work of accomplished writers interested in seizing this opportunity. As the authors represented in this volume began to come forward from all across the USA and Canada, the idea took form that their diverse work might lend itself to a compendium of modern stories.

DamnYankee.com proposed the project to these several writers of our acquaintance, and, one by one, they came aboard. The result, the whimsically-titled Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos, is the original idea made flesh, so to speak.

The idea took on another dimension when the publisher decided to produce the title both as an ebook file in popular formats and as a conventional paper-and-ink volume at the same time, the first collection of contemporary authors published in both forms simultaneously. Naturally, it's the ebook that need never go out of print.

DamnYankee.com is a pioneer in the dissemination of ideas by means of the Internet. Often now, the word 'book' may be preceded by an 'e.' What a writer and a reader do remains the same.

It is this editor's idiosyncrasy to defer to Strunk & White on questions of style. Many editors today ignore that tidy little volume but seem at a loss to explain why. In the present case, an author sometimes took exception to this deference to S&W, and, in the end, the author prevailed. That's our excuse.

Several kind souls supported the vision that gave rise to this project and then helped keep it alive. Working with 16 authors is not nearly as tidy as working with one. Clearly, those who deserve to be acknowledged include the authors, for contributing the fruits of their efforts and cooperating thereafter. Author Michelle Buckman penned the verse that inspired the cover illustration-or was it the other way around? Or did the title come first and inspire the rest? Another of the authors, Mary Sullivan Esseff, stood out as "first among equals" and took it upon herself to keep me focused.

For her steadfast help and encouragement, Mary gets to tell her story first, followed by the remaining works of fiction. The non-fiction brings it all to a close. Other than those deliberate positions, the stories are arranged in no particular order.

Humbled and privileged to serve as compiler and editor, David A. Woodbury

From the Back Cover
Louis M. Savary, co-author of Kything: The Art of Spiritual Presence [Paulist Press; ISBN: 0809130114}, said the title alone "tells you to get ready for some unexpected creativity and revelations. There are no cello players among its sixteen contributors but all are great writers."

Clare Crawford-Mason, television documentary producer and co-author of Quality...or Else [Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap); ISBN: 039563749X ] wrote: "This Anthology contains sparkling samples of short stories produced in pursuit of quality storytelling."

Suzanne Berne, author of A Crime in the Neighborhood [Penguin Books; ISBN: 0140273328] and winner of the coveted British Orange Prize, said of Three Naked Ladies, "Seldom have I enjoyed such stirring stories as produced by the writers of the gems in this Anthology."