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I’m as big a fan of James Cameron’s movies as I am of Star Wars, and a few years ago, and I use to have a James Cameron fan blog and fan podcast. At that time, I was also writing a fan biography of him - more focused on his works than his life.
Well, I think I did an okay job - just okay - but my main problem was a lack of planning and, probably, my work ethic. I did finish about 500 pages, but I only got through ‘The Abyss’. I initially sold it on Lulu.com, but only about 15 people bought it, despite my persistent attempts at promoting it on my blog, podcast, and JamesCameronOnline.com, amongst other sites.
So, because of that and other reasons (personal boredom with it all and a little bit of disillusionment by the fact that, with select few exceptions, everybody I contacted from Hollywood never bothered to contact me again and those who did lied or were rude), I just gave up entirely. But I did post the book and some unfinished sections on Scribd.com:
Here’s a link to all the entries: http://www.scribd.com/TactilePortraits
And here’s the main book: http://www.scribd.com/doc/81340120/James-Cameron-Biography-The-Coming-Storm-by-David-Brennan
The hope was that it would be comparable to ‘The Secret History of Star Wars’, but I’m sure most of you will agree that it’s just not that good. Still, I think there are good parts to it, especially the chapters devoted to Terminator, Aliens, and The Abyss.
If anybody has any questions or comments, I’ll be happy to hear them.