Thread: Now Hiring! - Lucid Dream Book project - Want in?

As you all know, this lucid dreaming book was a project once put on the table, and for whatever reason, was then placed on the back burner in which it was allowed to accrue dust, and cobwebs. In essence...this forum is a dead weight on the board...an eyesore, a waste of main forum scrolling time.

When this project was in its prime, I was semi-on it and from what I can tell, a lot of work had been done...but a lot of work still needs to be finished.

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams by Dr. Stephen Laberge, was a great book but it's also an old book. More research has been done since its publication and lucid dreaming hopefuls around the world need to know that. That's where you come in.

If you are a proficient lucid dreamer whose studied your own dream world, if you're good at (or capable of) researching dream related subjects, sleep studies (like brain wave activity, REM, SP etc.), if you're talented with a digital paintbrush, if organization seems to be your strong suit and you know how best to place things in terms of sentence and paragraph structure, then...

There's more work to be done on this project, and a lot of room for expansion. This project may take us 6 months to a year to wrap up.

If you decide you want to be a part of this lucid dreaming cultural history and have the time to devote to the continuation of this project then we gladly welcome you to the team.

Now...

Currently, we are in need of:

-Writers, Editors, Graphic Designers, Researchers, Organizers

-A Graphic Design department leader (Someone to lead the graphic designs team)

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-Part time staff must check in at least once a week

-Full time staff must check in at least once a day

If you are interested in becoming part of the staff on this project, - please COPY and paste the QUESTIONS and ANSWER UNDER the questions themselves (within this thread):

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?

11. How old are you?

12. How long have you been lucid dreaming?

13. How proficient of a lucid dreamer are you?

14. How many books on lucid dreaming have you read (please list each one, and what stuck out about each one to you)?

15. What studies do you read that pertain to dreams, sleeping in general, or lucid dreams?

16. Additional comments you'd like to add:

1. Full time

2. No

3. No

4. Yes

5. I have written things before, but this isn't the role I am look for in this book.

6. Yes

7. I can brainstorm well

8. I am constantly looking for new information and techniques surrounding Lucid dreaming


I would like to help out with this book through my own lucid experiences. I am not a good writer or editor granted. But I am willing to partake in any experiments for this book.
I will try anything within a lucid dream to concrete the evidence in this book.

I am a natural at the WILD technique. I have only been trying for a few months now and I have had 30+ LDs already.

Also, I can also enter SP at complete will. So anything regarding SP I will be a great help. I believe SP should have a part in the book as Stephen Laberges book didn't cover it too well.

If you need help in other areas, I would be happy to take part. For example, proof reading, cover design, illustrations and my own dream entries.


That's about it


EDIT-
I am also active on this forum. I log on at least once a day.

Originally Posted by mrdeano

1. Full time

2. No

3. No

4. Yes

5. I have written things before, but this isn't the role I am look for in this book.

6. Yes

7. I can brainstorm well

8. I am constantly looking for new information and techniques surrounding Lucid dreaming


I would like to help out with this book through my own lucid experiences. I am not a good writer or editor granted. But I am willing to partake in any experiments for this book.
I will try anything within a lucid dream to concrete the evidence in this book.

I am a natural at the WILD technique. I have only been trying for a few months now and I have had 30+ LDs already.

Also, I can also enter SP at complete will. So anything regarding SP I will be a great help. I believe SP should have a part in the book as Stephen Laberges book didn't cover it too well.

If you need help in other areas, I would be happy to take part. For example, proof reading, cover design, illustrations and my own dream entries.


That's about it


EDIT-
I am also active on this forum. I log on at least once a day.

Thanks deano. Your organizational, SP, and graphic design skills will be most helpful.

Welcome to the staff

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)
Part time

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)
I am. Just look around the forum, I make very few grammatical errors.

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)
Depends on the material, in this case, I think I would be useful, but not great.

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)
Yep

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book
Hmm... Not much. A lot of papers for school.

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?
Obviously.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...
I can manage

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)
Not lately, no.

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)
No, not really.

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?
Editing and revising. As well as making sure everything that is written is correct.

Woot! Delphinus!! Welcome aboard buddy!

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)
Very little, don't have much time being DV staff and working

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)
3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)
I have 2 published short stories in Skyve magazine as well as a full length novel called Revelation

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)
Yes, I'm a profession researcher and developer, organization is vital for that position.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book
See link to amazon

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?
Yes

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...
I don't like brainstorming, I like multi-way discussions. Two heads are better than one, invariably.

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)
I wrote most of the current tutorial

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)
I'm a graphics specialist. I designed and created the cover of my book myself as well as the lots and lots of freelance graphics work that I did before landing a steady job

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?
I'd be best for QA and editing.

Thanks for the help ninja. You seem more than qualified to help out so thanks for applying.

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)

- Would have to be part time.

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)

- I've worked in marketing for two years, including copywriting, publications, direct marketing campaigns, press releases and the like.

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)

- As above

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)

- I'm a Business Analyst. Version Control & Configuration Management make me hard.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book

- None

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?

- Yes, natural for as long as I can remember.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...

- It should be calls mind showers, brainstorming is what happens to people who suffer from epilepsy, however, sure why not. It's a technique often used to elicit requirements

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)

- No, not really.

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)

- Not really.

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?

- Writing articles, personal experiences, managing.

11. Additional comments you'd like to add

- Sounds fun, however limited time at the moment

I don't think I will be an active member, but just in case:


1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)

Part time, definitely, and my schedule changes a lot.

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)

Haven't had much practice lately, but yes.

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)

More in Portuguese than in English, but you can see some of my stuff at the chapters. I think I even have a WILD tutorial here on DV. And, of course, we have http://www.lunar-light.org (text and design were made by me).

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)

Absolutely.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book

Well, I started writing this one Also helped in many scientific essays, translated some others; wrote a website, currently working on a mathematical hypothesis.

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?

No; and I have to work a lot to get one. Nevertheless, I know a lot of theory about it.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...

Yes, but I do it better alone than with others.

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)

I know a lot about it already, including neurophysiology, but I can't say I'm tuned on the topic.

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)

I can fix one quick thing or another, but I'm far from being a specialist.

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?

Probably helping keeping things scientifically rigorous, or helping fit the current scientific literature into it.

11. Additional comments you'd like to add

My schedule is terrible and I've been having to study overtime lately. Do not count on me to do things. If I have the time to show up and help, I promise I'll do.

Thanks marcc and dreaming, welcome to the team. Duties will be assigned soon.

Before I commit myself to this project, I'd like to solidify what direction we're heading in with this book. What are we trying to accomplish with it and who is our target audience?

If we want to just explain lucid dreaming just to get the word out and attract new members, then charging for this book might not be the best route to take.

If we do charge for it, that's going to eliminate a lot of potential newb readers. Only people who are seriously interested in dreaming or LDing are going to shell out the cash for a book of any sort. So if we plan on charging, there better be stuff of interest to vetran lucid dreamers.

The different approaches in pricing (free of not) will determine what kind of people we attract to the site. The free scheme will likely generate more traffic to DV, but those people are less likely to stick around and generally don't contribite all that much. The people who pay are likely to be more commited and have more to offer the discussions on this site.


Also publishign style is very important in determining how things get written. There are unique style available to each format (e-book or paper) that would result in completely different books. If I were writing for an e-book with the purpose of attracting people to the site, then I'd include lots of DV links for additional reading or relevant discussions. With paper I'd be forced to choose the examples I include more carefully.

If attracting new members is one of the primary goals of this book, then sprinkling in some BD topics for a dash of flavor could be helpful. Let's face it, people love that kind of stuff. I'm not saying go overboard with it, but even hintig at some greater mystery goes a long way in fireing up the imagination and grabbing people's attention.


Really I want to know if you want to be a straight forward boring flat scientific presentation of facts, or if you want to present those same facts with drama and flare. The topic of dreaming just has so many directions it could take, it would be best if we're all on the same page.

Thinking about it, if this is an ebook then the whole thing would be pointless.
The book is covering information that is already present on the website. People would rather go on this website to look at the information rather than read it from a PDF file.

Whereas an actual book allows people to read it when they haven't got access to the website. Like if they are on holiday, school, work and during the night.
Books have a more personal value that ebooks as well. In my opinion there is nothing better to have a good book in your hands.

The pricing is an issue. If it turns out to be an ebook then there's nothing stopping it from being free. But an actual book costs money to print and ship.
If that was to be free then we will need to set up some sort of donation scheme.


I hope all that made sense

As I am currently doing some "tidying" up of this forum, I moved your thread here Cusp.

The chapters so far are rather short and don't really warrant a full book as of yet.

Perhaps we should start with some smaller creative projects and work our way up to a book. A collection of essays or perhaps a series youtube videos.

The chapters haven't been finished The Cusp. They will be added to.

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)
I can work full time most days.

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)
I've never done professional editing but i'm the person everyone goes to to check their spelling and grammar.

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)
Just like editing i've never gotten my writing published but i do write short stories and novels in my free time.

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)
I don't organize well.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book
I've written two fantasy novels.

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?
Yup! i'm a natural.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...
I brainstorm best in a group.

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)
No, i don't keep up with the news.

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)
No, but i have taken a computer graphics class so i can do simple things on photoshop and illustrator.

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?
I can edit and i can give information on lucid and non-lucid dreaming.

11. Additional comments you'd like to add
I like working on books? lol

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)

I am willing to lend my efforts when needed.

2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)

I am indeed.

3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)

This is the only online sample that I can provide. I usually tend to receive positive feedback from people regarding my writing.

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)

Not a strong suit, but not a weak one either. My organizational skills are moderate.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book

Unless you count the poetry book I was required to write in fourth grade, I've got zip.

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?

Not as much as I'd like it to be. I have knowledge of quite a few of the lucid dreaming techniques, but not the experience or calibration to do it well or offer advice.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...

I am good at brainstorming when brainstorming is the goal. If anything, I have problems with people telling me how impossible my ideas are (which violates the goal of brainstorming).

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)

Not so much.

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)

Nope, not one bit.

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?

Revising and editing is primarily how I'd like to contribute. I'm really good at catching mistakes and thinking of ways I can best improve sentence structure/paragraph organization. Though I do regard myself as a proficient writer for my age, I do not believe I am right for writing of more advanced Lucid Dreaming subjects based solely on my standing knowledge. However, I do believe I can lend my writing hand if a proficient lucid dreamer who lacks writing skills gives me the information to turn into a piece of literature.

Welcome to the staff ray and Black_Eagle!! You've been assigned to departments and may view which ones HERE.

Hello.

I would like to offer some of my time possibly writing a chatper/section on consciously lucidly controlling visions using advanced lucid techniques including programatic lucidity (actual logical programs) applied to invoked objects.

Also I have alot of surreal digital art that could also possibly be used...see this post: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...46#post1133346

Let me know if there's any interest.

Bow,
doktor J
http://www.doktorj.ca

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)

Part time.


2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)

No.


3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)

"next level holographik dream invokations,
thru programatic lucidity,
by understanding consciousness
from the inside out.
evolving karmic universes thru the personification of Self,
purifying soulz crystallizing in illusions within illusions
of time,
playing out the multi-dimensional light lessonz of Love...

Self discovery thru imagination.
intuitive antenni receiving higher intelligencez
broadcasting the infinite Way...
lucid universes within the mastermind of Love,
triangulating transfigurationz thru trinitized transformations
tele-thought visualizations of sacred, primal sound,
bleeding out super-positioned & omni-directional Lov333."

Of course however, i'm not as interested in writing this
abstract, and more technical...

4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)

No.

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?

Yes.

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...

Yes.

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)

So so...I rarely find any others doing stuff as advanced as me, so most of what I read is more on the basic tip.


9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)

Yes - see my gallery @ www.doktorj.ca


10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?

Writing on my experiences with advanced programatic lucid control/creation of funtastikal world of surreal, multi-dimensional arrays of quantum nextisms.

11. Additional comments you'd like to add

Not to sound egotistical or anything, but I have never found anyone else in this world who does stuff as advanced as me, so I feel the need to share my skills with as many people as possible...plus my entire gallery of art (which i've been working on for over 10 years) upon request.

Bow,
doktor J
http://www.doktorj.ca

Good to have you on board doktorj! We'll put you in the graphic design department for sure, give me about 20 minutes and I'll assign you several departments to work in as well as officially putting you on staff. Again, .

Awesomesauceness...

1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project?
Full time

2. Are you a good editor?
yes, sure

3. Are you a good writer?
I'm a programmer.
I like explaining things to people.
so yes, I think I am a good one, I will soon post one of my works

4. Is organization one of your strong suits?
Organization isn't a problem for me

5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book
I worked on a lot of tutorials, I don't have them here, I'm also working on a Magic Book called "Caminata Mágica En La Noche" (Magic Nightwalk)

6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?
not yet, I don't have ANY experience, but I know a lot of things

7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...
ooooooooohhhhhh yyyyeeeeeeeeeessss, I'm all the time inventing things, take it for sure

8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)
mmm, yes

9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)
not too strong...

10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?
Explaining tutorials, and things...."Explanations"

11. Additional comments you'd like to add

I have to eat

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hello! I posted that I want to be in the team...in that thread(lucid dreaming book project now hiring)
but didn't receive any task or welcome, so what happened? I am in it?

Hello Mariano, I'm sorry it's taken me quite a while to give you some sort of reply. I'm sorry but based on your application I'm not too sure we can use you at this point. We will have some openings in the near future so things may change then, however - if you'd like, I'm sure as things progress the research department could use your services for experiments and the like.

Thanks again for applying.