One author pulls a Charlie Sheen with a letter to Simon and Schuester. I feel so sorry for his agent right now.
I sent an e to my agent swearing an oath that I would never do that.
As an aside, I'm kind of pissed that S&S gave such a supremely shitty writer a 65k advance.
My MONEY BACK GUARANTEE advice was IGNORED! I'm an ARTIST, don't you see? An ARTIST/BUSINESSMAN!
I kind of want to tell him that giving dudes like him 65K advances is actually what is killing publishing.
Huh. I could write a funny book about that. Would you buy it? "How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Supernova...Because You're Fucked Anyway?
There's a book by an astronomer called Death from the Skies that deals with all of that.
I've been proofreading disaster proposals (earthquakes and tsunamis) this week, so I'm actually kind of hopeful and in awe of my scientists. Tsunami alert systems. Excellent.
I wish I could figure out what crazy!author's book was actually supposed to be about.
There's a book by an astronomer called Death from the Skies that deals with all of that.
Also
The Worst Case Scenario Handbook.
I wish I could figure out what crazy!author's book was actually supposed to be about.
How to SUCCEED, I'm pretty sure.
I wish I could figure out what crazy!author's book was actually supposed to be about.
Himself. It's his favorite subject, and would be yours, too, if you weren't actually part of the problem. (The problem being people who don't think he should be everyone's favorite subject.)
After you read this, I suspect you’ll be saying, “How the fuck did we get in this position? WHOSE FAULT IS THIS?!!”
And the answer will be the guy who signed him.
As an aside, I'm kind of pissed that S&S gave such a supremely shitty writer a 65k advance.
INORITE!
I was like, fuck you, dude. FUCK YOU.