Quote from Thunderdog:
That's actually good advice for some. Not that I personally have anything to write about, but I can't help but feel that posting here is time poorly spent.
I read your turtle book. It was fairly decent and put some more meat on the bones of what was an interesting story. However, I note the animosity between you and Curtis Faith. Maybe you two should do a book together...
Here'a an idea for you. Why not do a book on charlatan vendors with questionable pasts, claims and practices? The industry is littered with shady characters, some of whom come and go, but others that persist like the tumors that they are. William Gallacher covered a few in his Winner Take All, but perhaps you could build on it. Newcomers often fall prey and I imagine such a book could serve as essential reading for anyone wishing to participate in the markets and is under the mistaken impression that the world is chock-full of people who want to help them succeed. This subject matter may not have the gravitas of covering trading icons and such, but that stuff is already being done to death. I would think an exposé would be well received by everyone other than crooks. Sunshine is, after all, the best disinfectant, as Supreme Court Justice Brandeis once so adroitly pointed out.
Give it some thought.
I would think that such cease-and-desist letters should save a lot of time on research. The only people who would feel threatened are the ones who have something to hide. Everyone else, from legitimate vendors to end users, would welcome the clarity and sunshine that a responsibly researched and properly presented exposé would bring.
They don't have to cooperate. You don't ask Al Capone if he's a mobster and if he would show you his gun. I imagine that the work would be difficult, but I agree that it would make for some good reading.