Oh, I don't know. A good, old fashioned viking raid might be amusing. Not sure you'd find someone to ravish, though. Miranda would only give you something nasty.
Oh, I don't know. A good, old fashioned viking raid might be amusing. Not sure you'd find someone to ravish, though. Miranda would only give you something nasty.
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Okay, out of the pool with the jokes about rape-- "ravishing" makes it sound not so bad, but I have no sense of humor about that crime, whatever it is called. Too many of my friends have been real life victims. Let's take a breath and back off.
Name call if you like, people, but let's draw a line on the side of common sense.
Capricornus, stay on AW.
Erin, I love you and adore your icon, it is awesome and makes me think of wonderfully wicked Dorothy Parker, but like Austin Powers says, "Oh, behave."
We now return to regularly scheduled wankage of PA and their slimy business practices.
Name call if you like, people, but let's draw a line on the side of common sense.
Capricornus, stay on AW.
Erin, I love you and adore your icon, it is awesome and makes me think of wonderfully wicked Dorothy Parker, but like Austin Powers says, "Oh, behave."
We now return to regularly scheduled wankage of PA and their slimy business practices.
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Of course!
Maybe I'm paranoid, but I always worry about someone joking about something illegal. What if it actually happened and then they found your posts?!
Maybe I've seen too many X-Files episodes. BUT IT COULD HAPPEN!
yes, gill you are so right about that, rape is nothing to joke about, and neither is domestic violence. They both happen though sadly more than we think. the best I can say about Pa is that they deserve to close down. I mean really none of us are getting paid. It looks like that will be the only way out ot our 7 year contract.
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Wanda, the matter above is closed.
If you want out of your PA contract, then work for it.
Log off Absolute Write and send PA a certified snail mail politely requesting it, citing lack of sales and you being unable to promote your book as a good reason to just let it go.
Be as formal as possible, brief, and professional.
Use the standard business letter format and spell check.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/letters/l/bl_block_p.htm
You can find the contact information for their snail mail address on their website.
I suggest addressing it to Larry Clopper.
If you want out of your PA contract, then work for it.
Log off Absolute Write and send PA a certified snail mail politely requesting it, citing lack of sales and you being unable to promote your book as a good reason to just let it go.
Be as formal as possible, brief, and professional.
Use the standard business letter format and spell check.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/letters/l/bl_block_p.htm
You can find the contact information for their snail mail address on their website.
I suggest addressing it to Larry Clopper.
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What Gil said.
And it'll get a little expensive, but do this regularly. Once every other month. As it gets closer to the end of your contract without a response, monthly. Be relentless and don't let up. Ignore the tone letters and demands for an apology; eventually, they may crack just get to get you to stop.
And it'll get a little expensive, but do this regularly. Once every other month. As it gets closer to the end of your contract without a response, monthly. Be relentless and don't let up. Ignore the tone letters and demands for an apology; eventually, they may crack just get to get you to stop.
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Everyone, please try to use correct English in everything you write.
That includes private emails, messageboard posts, and, yes, even grocery lists. Consider it practice for your formal, commercial writing.
Rightly or wrongly, folks do judge you by the way you express yourself. They make judgments about your education, abilities, and, yes, even intelligence.
So ... it's okay to re-read and correct posts before you hit the button to make it public. Really, it is.
That includes private emails, messageboard posts, and, yes, even grocery lists. Consider it practice for your formal, commercial writing.
Rightly or wrongly, folks do judge you by the way you express yourself. They make judgments about your education, abilities, and, yes, even intelligence.
So ... it's okay to re-read and correct posts before you hit the button to make it public. Really, it is.
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If you notice an error in your post later, you can always hit the edit icon/button and make any changes necessary. It's easy to do. I use the edit feature a lot! hee hee
Ha! Case in point: I just edited this post to change icon to icon/button to (hopefully) make it more clear.
Ha! Case in point: I just edited this post to change icon to icon/button to (hopefully) make it more clear.
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Hey, there's nothing wrong with some good snark once in a while.
Especially after other approaches have failed.
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OMGH - that is one of the best uses of that graphic I have ever seen. I've visited it twice just to laugh . . . and so true as well!
could someone please repost the link to that hilarious chapter by chapter review/analysis that was done of Night Travels?? A link was posted before but I cannot find it!
Atlanta Nights has nothing on this book.
Literally made my eyes hurt reading a few of those sample paragraphs.
Wow. Talk about craptastic
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Be nice, guys. Atlanta Nights was a sting. As far as I can tell, this one was a book the author was legitimately proud of and had taken seriously. I know it's not well written, but it would have never seen the light of day had the author not been duped by PA. For us to sit around and mock it is just cruel.
Sorry, this isn't 1st grade where we give E's for effort.
This is the harsh cruel world. Just as I have no problem ripping on Micheal Bay for some of the craptastic stuff he's done (like Terminator 4), I have no problem ripping on an author that writes complete and utter garbage for sell.
Now, if he posted in SYW, they sure, i'll be as helpful as possible. Or if he wrote a vanity book for his own personal use, then sure, i'd be polite. But the second you write something for the mass market and slap a price tag on it, you are fair game IMO.
As for OP subject, with the internet and the availability of a BILLION plus pictures, i'm sorry, I think using the same stock photos or concept over and over and over again is inexcusable.
Now, I don't fault 'simple' covers, you know, a monocolor with just the title.
But if you are going to use a photo, for crying out loud, with all the pics out there, it just shouldn't be that hard to find a unique one that pertains to the book.
Mel...
p.s. and I wasn't dissing Atlanta Nights, that is the funniest damn thing i've ever read in my entire life. Granted, I could only read about 3,000 words of it (mostly jumping around to appreciate the genius of it). That sting was so awesomely awesome that it fills me with a warm fuzzy everytime I think about it
This is the harsh cruel world. Just as I have no problem ripping on Micheal Bay for some of the craptastic stuff he's done (like Terminator 4), I have no problem ripping on an author that writes complete and utter garbage for sell.
Now, if he posted in SYW, they sure, i'll be as helpful as possible. Or if he wrote a vanity book for his own personal use, then sure, i'd be polite. But the second you write something for the mass market and slap a price tag on it, you are fair game IMO.
As for OP subject, with the internet and the availability of a BILLION plus pictures, i'm sorry, I think using the same stock photos or concept over and over and over again is inexcusable.
Now, I don't fault 'simple' covers, you know, a monocolor with just the title.
But if you are going to use a photo, for crying out loud, with all the pics out there, it just shouldn't be that hard to find a unique one that pertains to the book.
Mel...
p.s. and I wasn't dissing Atlanta Nights, that is the funniest damn thing i've ever read in my entire life. Granted, I could only read about 3,000 words of it (mostly jumping around to appreciate the genius of it). That sting was so awesomely awesome that it fills me with a warm fuzzy everytime I think about it
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A noble sentiment, but considering she used Lulu to issue an extended "rewrite" under a new title, I don't think we can blame PA for unleashing it on the world. (Crevette reviewed the first eight chapters of the Lulu version, too, beginning here. NSFW.)