I think this is the coolest idea! I hope I get enough on the ball to write one myself. Should we include photos too, high resolution our vans, our selves? 

Kickstarter could be used to accrue money� 

s. 

On Oct 8, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Annie wrote:

> John,
> 
> Personally, I think the best way (and less work involved for all of us) is
> for me to just collect the stories and edit as necessary. Then compile each
> into it's own chapter.
> 
> I'd say a good length for each "author's" chapter would be about 5-6 pages.
> 
> *Thanks, ~Annie* email: lsandrsn@gmail.com
> 
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:28 AM, John Jensen <bluesbug@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> One thing we might want to think about is whether we (you) will just
>> collect the stories and put them together more or less as given, with just
>> editing for grammar, spelling and simple errors in logic; or if we (you)
>> might want to take another approach and create a narrative which contains
>> the elements of various peoples stories.  A possible example of the latter:
>> In California there were seventeen young men who bought splittie VW's and
>> most of them were in decent running condition.  Of these seventeen, two
>> actually assembled their Westies from parts from the junk yard.
>> I suppose the answers to these sorts of questions will become evident when
>> the submissions start rolling in. I'm mulling over some possibilities
>> myself.
>> Annie, what sort of Vanagon are you mixed up with?
>> 
>> John Jensen
>> johnjensen@johnjensenartist.**com <johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com>
>> http://www.johnjensenartist.**com <http://www.johnjensenartist.com>
>> bluesbug@verizon.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
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