Arlene Cardoza
It's a terrible thing to criticise anyone, worse to feel justified in doing so, then worse again to do it in a public forum ... and yet I shall, I do, and I will.
Writers, I suggest you'd do yourselves a huge favour by completely discounting Arlene Cardoza as a person to supply any of your work to.
At her request, I supplied her my manuscript in October 2007. It's now late February 2008, and Arlene Cardoza has basically vanished.
She doesn't reply to e-mails nor return telephone calls, and seems to ignore any messages I send to her Myspace site, even though she herself logs regularly onto her own page.
To me, she is a huge disappointment and seems devoid of having respect for anyone, probably even herself as well.
Also, Ms. Cardoza states in some bios she's being mentored by Andrea Hurst of Andrea Hurst Management ... If this were ever the case, it certainly is not now - and I have an e-mail from Ms. Hurst stating as much.
I don't like criticising individuals ... it's a karma thing, but Ms. Cardoza has wasted my time, and worryingly, only she knows what she's done with my manuscript and who else she's shown it to.
Writers, I'd suggest you'd do yourselves a favour...