Atlanta Nights
One reason I selected Atlanta was because my sole acquaintance with the city has been changing planes there. (At one time I also used a wordprocessor called "PeachWrite," from Peachtree Software.)
Among the many other traps ... the legal department at any real publisher would question naming a software company "Lucent."
I might as well own up ... Chapters 2 and 34 are mine.
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In the course of the book Bruce Lucent appears as white, black, and oriental. Isadore Trent appears as both male and female. Chapters are duplicated (in two different ways!). Chapters are out of order. Chapters are missing. The writing is bad throughout. This is word soup. Go buy a copy!
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Y'know the one thing that bothers me? I'm worried that now the True Believers will start saying, "Look at that bobblehead Jim Macdonald! He's one of those POD authors; he had to get "published" at Lulu.com! Not like us Traditionally Published folks, no sir!"
And now, sob, sigh, I'm one of the naysayers who was turned down by PA. The cliche. Oh, the sorrow! Can I live with the shame? Maybe if the book were better, and I were willing to promote it,
PA would have bought it. Do you think?
(Oh -- one more thing. You can add me to the list of successful authors who self-published. Back when I was young, I put together a songbook. A typewriter, a Xerox machine, a saddle stapler. Even used heavier paper for the cover (with my own original artwork on it). Sold 'em for a buck apiece. Sold 'em all (though I think I have a copy around the house here somewhere). So there you have it. Self publishing is the True Path!)