cranky_editors: When you don't actually work with cocky author, thus can freely ridicule said author

eeka (

eeka13) wrote in

cranky_editors,
@ 2007-04-06 12:05:00

When you don't actually work with cocky author, thus can freely ridicule said author
Please feel free to delete if not appropriate...

Chick with spelling error in username posts on a Boston forum that she's "been published," provides link to vanity press site, vanity press site has previews of her book, book is full of spelling errors, bunch of people make fun of her, she calls everyone assholes, says everyone is just jealous of her, insists that "this is not English class."

EDITED: Aw, she deleted the post!

The book itself is still pretty funny. (She told me that she did NOT spell "Copy Right" incorrectly. She just put a space in it, and spaces are not spelling.)

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	jamimegan 2007-04-06 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately, the entry has been deleted. Too bad--it sounded very funny! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eeka13 2007-04-06 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	Yep. Grr. Do you think she'll delete her journal, too? giggle (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mazzie 2007-04-06 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	inspired by nouns! that makes it gramatical. nod (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eeka13 2007-04-06 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	YES! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mtb0001 2007-04-06 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Her dedication page sounds like a threat! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eeka13 2007-04-06 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	jenwrites 2007-04-06 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, Lulu isn't a vanity press. It's a POD site. (Reply to this) (Thread)

barbarienne
2007-04-06 04:37 pm UTC (link)

The practical difference is nil. Pay-to-publish fiction is "vanity press."

The only difference (an important difference legally, but no difference in terms of publishing whuffie) is that people who get their books printed by Lulu are their own publisher, not victims of some scammy "publisher" who may steal rights from them and charge them beaucoup bucks.

This, however, does not change the fact that the book was self-published, which in the fiction world is viewed with scorn and derision. The term "vanity published book" is a perjorative at the author, not the printer.

(Please note: I like Lulu, and support their business. They are honest, and make a product of decent quality for a reasonable price.)

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cafemercury
2007-04-06 04:54 pm UTC (link)

(She told me that she did NOT spell "Copy Right" incorrectly. She just put a space in it, and spaces are not spelling.)

Umm...what? *shakes head*

I hate the fact that I missed the entry, but the link to the book made up for it. I don't know what made my eyes bleed more; the oh-so-emo, error-ridden poetry or the amateurish design. (I'm an editor and an artist, so I'm really cranky.)

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	eeka13 2007-04-06 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Nice icon. :o) Yeah, several of the people on the b0st0n forum (it has 2000 members or something) were also alluding to having writing/editing/design backgrounds. The awful layout was mentioned more than one. As usual, the poster continued to assume that everyone on the internet is 15 and couldn't have more background in anything than she does. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	noelleleithe 2007-04-06 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Man, if I wrote "poetry" that bad, I'd want to cut myself, too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dorianegray 2007-04-06 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	I did, when I was 15. Luckily, I refrained from inflicting it on anyone else. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leenacia 2007-04-06 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Spaces are not spelling" is the best thing I've heard all day. That's so awesome. hahahahaha (Reply to this)

	christianet 2007-04-06 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	I got to the line, "These lies are spurt," and just had to stop for my sanity. I've read some excellent self-published poetry. Lordy, this is not it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eeka13 2007-04-06 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	I think it's similar to pouring crimson regret and betrayal. Only a lot worse. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gardenwaltz 2007-04-06 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Yes! That is exactly the line I stopped at as well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	betnoir 2007-04-07 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Are you sure it wasn't Porn Poetry. With words like 'spurt,' ya gotta wonder... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	justjayj 2007-04-06 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"The rage burns from with in"? I think she has too many prepositions for of in there. "Spaces aren't spelling." Sheesh. (Reply to this)

	thatwasjen 2007-04-06 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, I'm sorry I missed that. Spaces are not spelling? There's no difference between carryover and carry over, for example? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supergee 2007-04-06 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	therapist the rapist (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	hackette 2007-04-06 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	"My cheeks burned and my insides bled" Peptic ulcer, perhaps? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	teal_cuttlefish 2007-04-07 03:00 am UTC (link)
	Jalapenos or habaneros. Other set of cheeks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	quarkwiz 2007-04-07 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Aw, crap! I miss all the fun. Tell me someone copy/pasted it someplace? Please? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	randomsome1 2007-04-07 04:25 am UTC (link)
	I second: Screencaps, please! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	cronesmoon 2007-04-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	In her Craigslist entry, she tells prospective employers that "my experience is all over the bored" and that "the phone is one of my strongest attributes." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eeka13 2007-04-08 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yep. HEE. Some people on the b0st0n forum (who are usually mature and respectful people, which makes it even more hilarious) are googling her and having a ball with the findings. She's just so blatantly upfucked that I don't feel guilty having a little schadenfreude fun with her. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)