Comments on: Literary Agents http://www.halalpiar.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Hal Alpiar’s Blog » How Much Is “Too Much”? http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Hal Alpiar’s Blog » How Much Is “Too Much”? Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:00:34 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3948 [...] as writing a book. The commissioned memoir I recently completed and published privately, entitled “GOOD LUCK!” is summarized in the following 25-word “logline” [...] [...] as writing a book. The commissioned memoir I recently completed and published privately, entitled “GOOD LUCK!” is summarized in the following 25-word “logline” [...]

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]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3587 Hal Alpiar Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:03:43 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3587 <em>Hi Jo Ann - Thanks for your visit and interest in obtaining a copy of the book. I have arranged for a free copy for you. Please see the email I sent you earlier for details. Happy New Year! (And please do return here again soon.) Regards - Hal</em> Hi Jo Ann – Thanks for your visit and interest in obtaining a copy of the book. I have arranged for a free copy for you. Please see the email I sent you earlier for details. Happy New Year! (And please do return here again soon.) Regards – Hal

]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3586 Hal Alpiar Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:41:34 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3586 <em>Hi Debra - Thanks for your visit and your comments, Because the Dannemann's were so important to you, I am arranging for a free copy of the book for you. Please see the email I sent you earlier today for the details. Happy New Year! (and pleaase return here to visit anytime!) Regards - Hal</em> Hi Debra – Thanks for your visit and your comments, Because the Dannemann’s were so important to you, I am arranging for a free copy of the book for you. Please see the email I sent you earlier today for the details. Happy New Year! (and pleaase return here to visit anytime!) Regards – Hal

]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3585 Hal Alpiar Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:38:20 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3585 <em>Thank you ever so much, Woody, for your warm and enlightening recollections of times spent with Ernie. I am making arrangements for free books for you. Be sure to see the email I sent you about this earlier today. Thanks again, and I hope to see you visiting here again in the near future. Happy New Year! Regards - Hal</em> Thank you ever so much, Woody, for your warm and enlightening recollections of times spent with Ernie. I am making arrangements for free books for you. Be sure to see the email I sent you about this earlier today. Thanks again, and I hope to see you visiting here again in the near future. Happy New Year! Regards – Hal

]]> By: Jo Ann Fields http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 Jo Ann Fields Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:17:04 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3583 I read about Mr. Dannemann's autobiography in the Delaware State News 12/30/10. Where can I get this book? Thanks. I read about Mr. Dannemann’s autobiography in the Delaware State News 12/30/10. Where can I get this book?
Thanks.

]]> By: Debra Fendt http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 Debra Fendt Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:16:28 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3582 Hal when I read in the paper sometime back that you were writing Mr Dannemann's autobiography, I thought that would be very interesting to read, since I worked for Mr and Mrs Dannemann many years ago, as a key punch operator, when they had the office on Lockerman St. in Dover. I came to your website after reading the article in the paper to see where this book could be purchased. Sorry to see it can't be. The Dannemann's were wonderful people to work for, and after reading the blips in the paper, I'm sure I didn't realize how wonderful. Hal when I read in the paper sometime back that you were writing Mr Dannemann’s autobiography, I thought that would be very interesting to read, since I worked for Mr and Mrs Dannemann many years ago, as a key punch operator, when they had the office on Lockerman St. in Dover. I came to your website after reading the article in the paper to see where this book could be purchased. Sorry to see it can’t be. The Dannemann’s were wonderful people to work for, and after reading the blips in the paper, I’m sure I didn’t realize how wonderful.

]]> By: Woody Auerbach http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 Woody Auerbach Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:42:22 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3581 We've known Ernie & Terry Dannemann ever since we first moved to Delaware in February 1958. I witnessed first hand theirgenerous philanthropy. At a fundraising event at the old synagogue on Forrest Avenue, I saw Ernie scold a man who had just written out a check for $300. He said: "That's not enough, Abe! You wrote out that check too easily!That means you could have easily pledged more! Every year I pledge more than I think I can afford & at the end of the year, I discover that business has been so good, I could have pledgede more! So, every year, I pledge more than I pledged the year before. I'm superstitious, so I'm afraid not to." I saw his business grow from one store on Governor's Avenue to many stores in over a dozen stores in a half dozen States on the East Coast, over this time. Recently, I cited this in a letter to the Residents of Westminster Village, here in Dover. encouraging them to contribute to our Employee Appreciation Fuund. I wrote: "Give 'Til It Hurts When it comes to charity, give till it hurts. If it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t stretch us. When worry and doubt fill your mind right before you give, see it as an opportunity to practice resistance and grow. On the other side of the resistance is a miracle. But don’t take my word for it, try it out yourself. Back in 1958, when we first moved to Dover, I met a very fascinating person, Ernie Dannemann, who lived by this creed. At a fund raising event for a charity, one attendee wrote out a check for $300. Ernie scolded him, saying: “That’s not enough, Abe! You wrote out that check too easily, indicating you could have given more! Every year I pledge MORE than I think I can afford, and when the end of the year comes, I find I could have pledged more. Every year I pledge more than I did the year before and things have been going so well for me that, now, I’m afraid not to!” At that time, Ernie owned a small fabric store on Governors Avenue, between Loockerman and North Streets. When the Rodney Village Shopping Center opened Ernie opened a Fabric store there, too. It was very successful, too. I asked when he was going to close the store on Governors Avenue and he replied: “When it stops making money.” Several years later, The Blue Hen Mall opened in Dover and Ernie opened another store there. He then started opening new stores in new malls, from Virginia to New York, and he ended up with 13 stores in 6 states! He hired a driver and commuted from store to store, conducting business during the drive, using a mobile phone. The result was he and his wife, Terry, became multi-millionaires and he sold his company to a conglomerate in the 1970s. The Dannemanns throughout this whole time and afterwards, remained generous contributors to many charitable causes. I always associated their success to his philosophy of giving and have tried to follow this creed ever since. Ernie’s parents escaped from Germany in 1938, while Ernie was in his teens. He enlisted in the Army, while still in his teens, and served in Europe during the War. He only had a High School education, but it was more than enough for him to succeed. We were living in California in the 1990s and mentioned we were planning to return to Dover, because we had run into health problems. They told us that Westminster Village had opened here and we should look into retiring here. We did and that’s how we ended up moving into Westminster Village in December 2000. Just a little trivia to try to encourage those of us who have yet to contribute to the Employee Appreciation Fund to “think generously”, when you make your contribution! Woody Auerbach, Chairman of the Employee Appreciation Fund" Following that letter, I had several residents and staff relate stories to me unique stories of their encounters with the Dannemanns. I came to this site, because I am interested in purchasing a few copies of your book on Ernie, to give out to our 3 children who also knew the Dannemanns, as well as give one copy to the Library here at Westminster Village. Please let me know how I can do this. When I clicked on what I thought was this book, another title popped up. Thanks, Woody Auerbach We’ve known Ernie & Terry Dannemann ever since we first moved to Delaware in February 1958.
I witnessed first hand theirgenerous philanthropy.
At a fundraising event at the old synagogue on Forrest Avenue, I saw Ernie scold a man who had just written out a check for $300.
He said: “That’s not enough, Abe! You wrote out that check too easily!That means you could have easily pledged more!
Every year I pledge more than I think I can afford & at the end of the year, I discover that business has been so good, I could have pledgede more! So, every year, I pledge more than I pledged the year before. I’m superstitious, so I’m afraid not to.”
I saw his business grow from one store on Governor’s Avenue to many stores in over a dozen stores in a half dozen States on the East Coast, over this time.
Recently, I cited this in a letter to the Residents of Westminster Village, here in Dover. encouraging them to contribute to our Employee Appreciation Fuund.
I wrote:
“Give ‘Til It Hurts
When it comes to charity, give till it hurts. If it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t stretch us. When worry and doubt fill your mind right before you give, see it as an opportunity to practice resistance and grow. On the other side of the resistance is a miracle. But don’t take my word for it, try it out yourself.
Back in 1958, when we first moved to Dover, I met a very fascinating person, Ernie Dannemann, who lived by this creed. At a fund raising event for a charity, one attendee wrote out a check for $300. Ernie scolded him, saying: “That’s not enough, Abe! You wrote out that check too easily, indicating you could have given more! Every year I pledge MORE than I think I can afford, and when the end of the year comes, I find I could have pledged more.
Every year I pledge more than I did the year before and things have been going so well for me that, now, I’m afraid not to!”
At that time, Ernie owned a small fabric store on Governors Avenue, between Loockerman and North Streets.
When the Rodney Village Shopping Center opened Ernie opened a Fabric store there, too. It was very successful, too. I asked when he was going to close the store on Governors Avenue and he replied: “When it stops making money.”
Several years later, The Blue Hen Mall opened in Dover and Ernie opened another store there. He then started opening new stores in new malls, from Virginia to New York, and he ended up with 13 stores in 6 states! He hired a driver and commuted from store to store, conducting business during the drive, using a mobile phone. The result was he and his wife, Terry, became multi-millionaires and he sold his company to a conglomerate in the 1970s.
The Dannemanns throughout this whole time and afterwards, remained generous contributors to many charitable causes. I always associated their success to his philosophy of giving and have tried to follow this creed ever since.
Ernie’s parents escaped from Germany in 1938, while Ernie was in his teens. He enlisted in the Army, while still in his teens, and served in Europe during the War. He only had a High School education, but it was more than enough for him to succeed.
We were living in California in the 1990s and mentioned we were planning to return to Dover, because we had run into health problems. They told us that Westminster Village had opened here and we should look into retiring here. We did and that’s how we ended up moving into Westminster Village in December 2000.
Just a little trivia to try to encourage those of us who have yet to contribute to the Employee Appreciation Fund to “think generously”, when you make your contribution!
Woody Auerbach, Chairman of the Employee Appreciation Fund”
Following that letter, I had several residents and staff relate stories to me unique stories of their encounters with the Dannemanns.
I came to this site, because I am interested in purchasing a few copies of your book on Ernie, to give out to our 3 children who also knew the Dannemanns, as well as give one copy to the Library here at Westminster Village.
Please let me know how I can do this. When I clicked on what I thought was this book, another title popped up.
Thanks, Woody Auerbach

]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 Hal Alpiar Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:37:18 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3549 <em>Jonena - Your kind words are so very much appreciated. Yes, it was indeed a great adventure meeting with and putting the pieces of Ernst's life together. One of the greatest compliments I ever received as a writer (besides--truly--this one from you!!!!) was when I got to read the entire final manuscript all the way through with Ernst just four days before he died. When we turned the last page together, he looked at me and said, "Hal, I always thought that I had an interesting life, but I never knew it for sure until I read what you wrote about me; thank you for this gift for my children, grand-children, and great-grand-children!" Thank YOU, Jonena, for being such a loyal supporter of my work. You know, of course, that you have my very warmest of Christmas wishes for you and your family. I look forward to continuing our connection in 2011. Best - Hal </em> Jonena –

Your kind words are so very much appreciated. Yes, it was indeed a great adventure meeting with and putting the pieces of Ernst’s life together. One of the greatest compliments I ever received as a writer (besides–truly–this one from you!!!!) was when I got to read the entire final manuscript all the way through with Ernst just four days before he died.

When we turned the last page together, he looked at me and said, “Hal, I always thought that I had an interesting life, but I never knew it for sure until I read what you wrote about me; thank you for this gift for my children, grand-children, and great-grand-children!”

Thank YOU, Jonena, for being such a loyal supporter of my work. You know, of course, that you have my very warmest of Christmas wishes for you and your family. I look forward to continuing our connection in 2011. Best – Hal

]]> By: Jonena http://www.halalpiar.com/hals-writings/literary-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 Jonena Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:17:50 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?page_id=15#comment-3548 Hal, As always, you astound your readers with stories that jump off the page and bring the events to life. What a great adventure you must have had these past months interviewing, writing and rewriting the stories of Ernst Dannemann, a true hero. Hal,
As always, you astound your readers with stories that jump off the page and bring the events to life. What a great adventure you must have had these past months interviewing, writing and rewriting the stories of Ernst Dannemann, a true hero.

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