That only works with people who realize that they look like pretentious assholes now.
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Toddson - Sep 27, 2011 7:26:21 am PDT #621 of 1417
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Ginger - Sep 27, 2011 7:28:09 am PDT #622 of 1417
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Unfortunately, "You sound like a pretentious asshole. I can fix that." really doesn't work as a pitch.
amych - Sep 27, 2011 7:30:03 am PDT #623 of 1417
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"igniting the junction" just makes me want to call for fire trucks.
smonster - Sep 27, 2011 8:31:52 am PDT #624 of 1417
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
"igniting the junction" just makes me want to call for fire trucks.
Reminds me of those KY Intense ads.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2011 9:45:30 am PDT #625 of 1417
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I put this in "Write Way". But I realized that this more of a business question. Background: My book on the "Solving the Climate Crisis" is being published by Praeger press. With Praeger's permission I'm self publishing a graphic version.
I've come up with a few phrases that might help convey how this differs from either a "comic book/graphic novel" version and from a "coffee table" version. I'd like some reactions:
"A picture book for grownups" "A picture book for adults".
Do either of those convey a book where the layout and "look and feel" is like children's books, as is the ratio of text to graphics, but with the content a more substantive and higher reading level than most children's books. Also some worries on these phrases: does the use of word "grownup" connote a high level of preciousness? Does the use of the word "adult" imply sexual content.
Another phrase I'm thinking of using is "A snarky survey of a serious subject". Only about a third of the content is snarky, so is this misleading? Or does the use of the words "serious" and "survey" convey a mixture of snarky and serious sufficiently?
I'm interested in any reaction, but I especially want to make sure I'm not miscommunicating or setting false expectations.
Vortex - Sep 28, 2011 9:55:57 am PDT #626 of 1417
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that grownups is better than adults.
JenP - Sep 28, 2011 10:06:25 am PDT #627 of 1417
Definitely grownups over adults. I think snarky survey of a serious subject is not misleading, but I don't love the word snarky; I don't know that I have a reason I can state, though.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2011 10:14:42 am PDT #628 of 1417
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think you may be right. How do I convey that it is lively, and does not have a stick up its ass?
beekaytee - Sep 28, 2011 10:23:27 am PDT #629 of 1417
Compassionately intolerant
I agree about grownups vs. adults...Adult does, for better or worse, connote something you want to avoid.
Instead of snarky, how about irreverent, or pointed, or challenging, or confronting?
You want to express 'outside the box' without saying outside the box. I like, pulling the cover off and looking behind the curtain.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2011 10:59:03 am PDT #630 of 1417
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
This lively and information-packed picture book for grownups is serious but not solemn, irreverent but never indifferent.