We aim to share advice on self-publishing, discuss lessons learned and interesting facts. Given the host of available self-pub platforms and aggregators, it's often a challenge to determine the most effective method of self-publishing. Ebooks, POD, independent and interactive apps, will all be covered. There will also be ruminations on the future of self-publishing: where should it go from here? Those who have battle scars and success stories from self-publishing should come to show and tell. Ot …

We are a group of Concerned Citizens meeting weekly at a dojo on 14th Street in Manhattan. We are learning and teachings many aspects of Urban Survival and Wilderness survival. Classes are taught classroom style and in the fields on site. We deal with Emergencies, Disasters and Self Suffiencies in general. Skills we are learning are: Gardening; food prep, canning and storage;alternate energy; fishing, hunting, tracking, orienteering; using hand tools; archery; stick fighting, self defense; first …

A group for people who love making, fixing, finding, and creating stuff. Home, Car, Crafts, Art, Models, Inventions, and more... This group is for the amateur rather than the professional, for people who are self-learners, and also who have a penchant for being more self-sufficient. To learn how things are made, where things come from, and maybe why they are the way they are. To become Renaissance men and women. Hopefully we can learn from and inspire each other!

Hardcore Hikers of New York, Unite! is a community of serious, fit, and friendly hikers and backpackers in the New York City area. We strive for the highs that come from two sources: Reaching glorious peaks all over the Northeast (and elsewhere) and connecting with our fellow adventurers. We're all about achieving new feats individually as well as building close ties with one another. In order to be a member, you should have both the fitness and passion to hike 2500'-7500' of elevation gain at a …

The Northern New Jersey Preparedness Group is seeking members who wish to organize with us and prepare for possible major disasters that lay ahead. Optimally, we would like to organize a meet monthly to discus how our group could survive and live beyond a major disaster. Feel free to join our group if you know this group would suit your interest, and have the skills or are willing to learn new skills and the time necessary to plan for a possibility of new future on the horizon. The Northern New …