Bigfoot Hunter offers insight into digital publishing

 BOBO FAY: THE BIGFOOT HUNTER


The local post office guy asked me if I would like to interview his friend who hunts Bigfoot.
I said "sure", and soon met up with Bobo Fay, the Bigfoot Hunter and pursued my interview for the local newspaper, THE ARCATA EYE. He was kind enough to bring over a card board box full of plaster of paris Sasquatch footprints. Since that time, I have occasionally been able to catch up with Bobo, although he is a tough cookie to catch up with himself.

Bobo Fay is the second from the right in this photograph about one of his many projects on ANIMAL PLANET.  He is unassuming, honest, funny and blunt. This is refreshing...

Bobo had just flown back from Hollywood where he finished a shoot for Comedy Central. He was on his way to Chicago for a dinner date with the Animal Planet significant executive, yet somehow, the message from Peggy who knew Brian at the Post Office rang a bell in Bobo's being and he called me. Yay!

He had been negotiating a book deal, and this is the point of this article. He was offered 2/3 less this year than last year, due to the high levels of piracy that publishers are experiencing on the Internet.

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I have heard radio talk show hosts use Bobo's rendition of Bigfoot's call on the air as a joke. I think it is terrific. Bobo has been infatuated with Sasquatch since he was five years old. 
http://www.bfro.net/  Always dedicated and scientific in outlook, Bobo Fay is sincere and enthusiastic about his research. How great is this when we are surrounded by those who do not know what to do with themselves!
Bobo is "handled" by APA agency in Hollywood.

Discovery Network is one of Bobo's projects, and he is being approached for a reality show. He has had offers from A&E and MTV, and has shot pilots for Monster Quest. He does not look the part so his success is all the more wonderful.

Multi-Talented Writer tells about transitioning

Esmeralda Santiago

MULTI-TALENTED & BI-LINGUAL, ESMERALDA SANTIAGO
DISCUSSES HER TRANSITION FROM BEING AN ACTRESS/DANCER TO MASTERPIECE THEATER WRITER...

I met Esmeralda in an Indian Dance Class at the Harvard Summer Dance Center in the last century. As soon as she found out that I could knit anything without using a pattern, we began sharing time at the yarn shop in Cambridge. One thing led to another, she & her wonderful husband Frank Cantor, founded Cantomedia Films.  We  have been in and out of touch ever since. 

MOLLOY:  Your career expands from being an actress/dancer to a writer for Masterpiece Theater. How was that transition for you?

SANTIAGO: By my mid-thirties, it was obvious that my body resisted the demands of Indian Classical Dance, but I needed a form of expression that provided the same level of emotional engagement, discipline and focus. I turned to writing as a way to explore my fears, insecurities and preoccupations.

MOLLOY:  Becoming a mother is always a challenge for the artistically inclined.

SANTIAGO:  Writing was something I could do by and for myself, on my own schedule, wherever and whenever I could set pen to paper. It was freeing.

MOLLOY:  You began to nurture you own talent, but somehow you sent out those scripts, always at the mercy of possibly unscrupulous editors.

SANTIAGO:  When I began to send my work out the unknown editors, I realized that I'd developed the thick skin necessary of a performer. I Took criticism seriously but not personally, and tried to differentiate helpful criticism from snarkyness and envy.

MOLLOY: Envy is such a powerful emotion, yet it is difficult to discern.

SANTIAGO: Because I missed the physical aspects of dance, I turned to yoga as a way to keep my body strong and flexible. The lessons and practices on countless studio floors has been transferred to the discipline and focus necessary for expression on a page rather than on a stage.

MOLLOY:  Would you suggest using an agent or manager?

SANTIAGO:  I strongly suggest an agent or manager because it's difficult for artists to agent/manage ourselves. It takes time and special skills to seek opportunities, to promote, to follow through with contracts, travel coordination, etc. Artists need to spend their time in creating. Agents/managers free us so that we can use our time more efficiently to do what we do best.

Please visit Http://www.esmeraldasantiago.com

Book titles include: WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN, THE TURKISH LOVER, ALMOST A WOMAN, AMERICA'S DREAM, A DOLL FOR NAVIDADS, LAS CHRISTMAS, LAS MAMIS, CONQUISTADORA.