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21-05-2012, 10:31 AM
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Re: Things Writers Really, Really Shouldn't Do
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21-05-2012, 10:57 AM
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Geez what a dick...
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21-05-2012, 11:03 AM
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Some good comedy there.
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21-05-2012, 11:53 AM
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What's depressing is that he clearly does sell a fair few books, though you have to wonder how much repeat business he gets, I actually went and read a bit of one of his books on amazon, didn't strike me as anything special.
I do hate smugness when it's undeserved. Stephen King can deserve to be smug, this guy not so much...
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21-05-2012, 11:57 AM
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21-05-2012, 12:05 PM
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21-05-2012, 12:13 PM
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Wow. Maybe he was drunk. Surely nobody would alienate their colleagues/peers like that sober.
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21-05-2012, 12:14 PM
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There's no such thing as bad publicity, it's possible he orchestrated the whole hoo-ha.
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21-05-2012, 12:39 PM
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I've been following this on twitter and the guy has not only had a go at Fantasy Faction, he's taken a pop at Gollancz directly (via a tweet), Tor and several published authors.
Being cynical this does sniff of negative publicity = cash sales, but hopefully most people will sample or read reviews first. One major downside is the possible backlash against genuinely good self-published authors, outbursts like this will only tar everyone with the same brush, and mean those that are making a go of it and putting out good novels will suffer.
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21-05-2012, 01:05 PM
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I found myself subconsciously reading his hilarious rants in the voice of Grimlock from the 80's Transformers cartoon. Try it - it really brings out the highlights in the arrogant stupidity.
And one of his books is genuinely called The Sword and the Dragon? Jeez...
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