The editor, though. THREE FUCKING YEARS and you never verified any piece of this woman's story? THREE YEARS? Seriously.
Was I verified?
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2008 9:00:45 am PST #2860 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shrift - Mar 04, 2008 9:01:32 am PST #2861 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oooh! Which one do I get to be?
What do you want? Human torch? Invisibility? Smashing really big things?
Allyson - Mar 04, 2008 9:01:33 am PST #2862 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I gave my editor your number, did he call?
hippocampus - Mar 04, 2008 9:03:15 am PST #2863 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
makes me want to punch her in the face all the more. You exploited people, asshole.
I am with you. I've been raging this all day. A new definition of identity theft. And it makes all writers cringe.
Memoir = Things that Happened To You (the real you, not your idealized, stolen identity)
Nonfiction = careful study of things that happened to a real person (not you), with factual backup (that you didn't make up)
Fiction = Things that did not happen
easy enough, right?
Dana - Mar 04, 2008 9:05:41 am PST #2864 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
What do you want? Human torch? Invisibility? Smashing really big things?
All of the above!
Edit: Does that make me The Invisible Human Torch Thing?
Ginger - Mar 04, 2008 9:06:20 am PST #2865 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The editor, though. THREE FUCKING YEARS and you never verified any piece of this woman's story? THREE YEARS?
Particularly since authors lying about their horrific pasts have even made L&O storylines. If you can't be arsed to read the news, editor, can't you at least keep up with pop culture and learn to be suspicious?
Allyson - Mar 04, 2008 9:12:15 am PST #2866 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thinking about it, I sent a detailed contact list, one of my blurbs was written by one of my subjects, and I supplied links to actual conversations that took place along with a list of permissions granted by people I wrote about.
I wonder what sort of documentation Asshole provided.
Allyson - Mar 04, 2008 9:13:13 am PST #2867 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I realize I am being all me me me.
How annoying.
Ginger - Mar 04, 2008 9:15:17 am PST #2868 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm just busy trying to construct a horrific past for myself so I can get published.
msbelle - Mar 04, 2008 9:15:22 am PST #2869 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it probably did not hurt that your agent knew some of us, right?