Ever since I could hold a pencil I've had a passion for writing. At 5 years old I was already writing a journal and short stories, telling everyone that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. Throughout my teens I was constantly writing short stories and poetry, then in college completed a double Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and English with a creative writing focus. After college I moved to Thailand, began teaching English and wrote my first two full-length books. In 2007 upon completing The Atlantean Conspiracy and Asbestos Head I spent many months and hundreds of dollars sending samples to over 200 publishing companies and literary agents attempting to get my work published and mass distributed through the usual corporate channels. Can you guess how many of the 200+ sent back a positive response? Most didn't even bother to write back, and the few who did, while expressing platitudes of interest and sympathy, ultimately refused. In the end, not a single publishing house, nor a single literary agent was willing to take on either book! Considering the subject matter, I can't say I was surprised.
Due to my passion for writing and my zeal for exposing and disseminating this important empowering information, in 2008 I created Atlantean Conspiracy.com and decided to give away The Atlantean Conspiracy and Asbestos Head for free. The Atlantean Conspiracy became an instant hit online and has to date been downloaded over 500,000 times! Asbestos Head hasn't been as successful with about 30,000 downloads, but still not shabby for a relatively unknown, self-published author. For quite a while I naively thought that with so many downloads hopefully a significant number of people would support me by buying a paperback copy. After 530,000+ free downloads can you guess how many copies have been purchased? To date I have sold exactly 260. Now I'm not saying this to complain, but rather to explain why I will not be offering my new book for free like the others... yet. Instead I've decided to set a target goal first. My modest intention is to sell 10,000 copies of Spiritual Science and if you all help me to meet this goal then I promise to make it available to all for free thenceforth. Compared to the number of downloads my other books have received, this 10,000 target seems very low, but compared to my actual sales history, it could prove to be a lofty goal.
My girlfriend First on Fire and I recently got engaged and will be getting married next year when my parents come to visit Thailand. At the moment we are saving up for the wedding and to buy a small piece of land up-country where we can build our dream yurt and garden our own fruits and vegetables. At the moment (for years), however, we have been stuck in busy bleak Bangkok living in a tiny 8m x 4m studio apartment working paycheck-to-paycheck wage-slave jobs scrimping and saving for our envisioned great escape back to nature. With your help, my target of 10,000 books sold would completely pay for our wedding, facilitate our move out of the city, and allow us to finally quit our jobs! I'd like to quit teaching English and focus totally on my writing and Wing Chun training. First would like to quit her job and also focus on her writing and starting up an organic cosmetics business.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far. We have set high intentions and we're working hard to manifest better lifestyles and a better world to live in. I have overcome many obstacles and threats, put countless thousands of hours into my activism and vowed never to stop. Atlantean Conspiracy receives several thousand hits every day and is one of very few websites on the forefront of the conscious awakening dedicated to exposing the global conspiracy. In fact AC was recently ranked 7 on a Ranker.com Top 50 Conspiracy Blogs survey. With your continued support I promise to keep expanding my enterprise bringing little-known information to light and helping empower people with wisdom. Thanks again and in advance for your support, and as always if I can be of service in any way email me at: ericdubay@hotmail.com
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