Hello Lane, I would like to apologize for the delayed response unfortunately when Suzanne retired and the transition between various editors over the last several months has settled, I did report that all work submitted prior to Labor Day which had now received a response due to lack of resources to respond was released back to the author. If you had submitted to us in April of 2013 it is now safe to say that one of my Editors either rejected your work, or as of Labor day it has been released back to you. I do wish you well in your continued publication of work.
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I will be clear that there has never been a change in ownership, I have always owned the lion's share of TZPP and continue to do so to this day. Suzanne (my mother) had come out of early retirement to aid me, at my request, as she is much more widely read than anyone I know. She did however, due to health reasons, retire completely earlier this year. She still serves on the Board of Advisors and regularly receives updates as with all other TZPP investors.
My decision to discontinue offering advances was an economic decision to allow TZPP to continue operations, without which we would have ceased operations. This was quite a long discussion earlier this year when I announced the decision on this thread, I really don't think that we need to rehash it, though I understand that some of you may be a tad bitter on the subject.
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Our contracts are private, though I will say that our editors are credited either solely or in partnership with a second editor. I have made no effort to hide the fact that we operate on a partnership at all levels, from the Authors to Artists, to Editors, to the Support staff that help us get work into the proper form for publication, to the Marketing staff that help to promote the books.
To all those who are interested in learning more about our actual business operations, please feel free to go to
www.trgmholdings.com as we regularly make public our corporate efforts.
We are a registered LLC in the State of Washington, inactive does not mean that we have dissolved the LLC, simply that I have refused to pay the annual Secretary of State re-filing fee here in Washington which I feel is a ridiculous waste of money that could be better used toward economic progress.
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I would like to point to the recent series of publications which we are making progress in promoting. I would like to suggest that instead of bashing us for the many things that you dislike about us, which I have no control over, might I suggest that you take a gander at some of the books that we have published and report on the quality the books we are publishing and your thoughts on them. I think that many or you would enjoy The Wolf of Descarta, Shrouded, Dominance, or Factions.
Here is the direct link to the Amazon listing of ALL Zharmae titles:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...aps&field-keywords=Zharmae&rh=i:aps,k:Zharmae
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You all have been going back and forth with me for some two years now, and in all that time you should realize that I'm just as stubborn and determined as you are to succeed. Though sometimes I wonder if you would rather prefer that an upstart like TZPP simply close up shop.
As much as you may dislike some of our practices, we're still here. Still expanding. Still moving forward.