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I got this email today. It read, in part: I am looking to license a script for a tv show and to be quite honest I have no idea where to look for writers that are submitting there work for licensing or purchase. Can you be more specific? I have no idea what you mean. … Read more
This letter, presented unedited and in its entirety, is from agent Janette Anderson, who is responding to comments I made in the post The Five Stars. ”’Ms. Anderson and Five Star also share the same logo and web-site. Any reasonable person would conclude there is an affiliation. But if I am mistaken, I will be … Read more
Today was another typical working day for me (yeah, I know it’s Sunday, it makes no difference). I spent the morning working on my second MONK novel. First, I revised the work I did yesterday, then worked on a new chapter. I managed to write 9 new pages. I had lunch, then I spent the … Read more
I got this email today: Is Booksurge a vanity press? They are owned by Amazon, which sells the books, so isn’t that different? Yes, Booksurge is a vanity press. Being owned by Amazon doesn’t change that. The big clue is that they charge for all their publishing services… starting at $498 for their "Author’s Advantage" … Read more
I got this email today. It’s so, um, unique that the only way to do it justice is to reprint it in full. Dear Mr. Golberg, If you don’t delete this e-mail like I probably would, I would like to ask you a question. I have just completed my first book. I Started this project … Read more
Just when I thought "mpreg fanfic" (a fictional TV or movie character impregnating another fictional male TV or movie character) couldn’t be topped, along comes "Real People Slash"…fanfic in which two real people have fictional sex with one another like, say, Mr. T and Corbin Bernson. What kind of person writes this "Real People Slash?" … Read more
Sean Connery has scrapped his autobiography and returned his $1 million advance because he just couldn’t find a ghostwriter he could get along with.
Sometimes it seems like there’s nobody more gullible than an unpublished author. Blinded by their desperate desire for publication, they will ignore even the most obvious signs of a scam. Peter Winkler clued me into this article from the Times Union about yet another publishing con…one so obvious and blatant, it’s astonishing that any sensible … Read more
The Sacramento News & Review ran an interesting, and very balanced, article about the pros-and-cons of Print-On-Demand publishing (ie "vanity presses"). there’s a difference between the POD printing technology–which has many uses–and POD publishing. In recent years, a number of companies have begun to offer POD publishing services to authors who want to see their … Read more
I got this email today: I’m a HUGE fan of Dick VanDyke’s and would like his home address so that I can send him a letter and maybe a Christmas card each year. I also would like to send him a picture of my son, who is also named Dick and ask him some questions … Read more