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Mostly Harmless
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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The Write Agenda
This is one of those "words fail" sorts of situations, so I'll simply quote Writer Beware re: The Agenda of "The Write Agenda":
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And some commentary from current SFWA President John Scalzi: Writer Beware and “The Write Agenda” I'm not posting a link to the actual site in question both to deprive them of the Google juice and because it throws up malware warnings.
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Who?
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: In My Own World.
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They're targeting a lot of folks on here on the forums.
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Absolutely Fazed
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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A lot of what I'm seeing on the site sounds libelous.
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You'll have to run faster than that
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: In the watchtower
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They are indeed. We must have got them rattled. Ha!
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Writer is as Writer does
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Manchester, UK
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I'm just bummed -- BUMMED, I say! -- that I'm not on the boycott list.
Hey, Write Agenda, it's Terie Garrison.
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Under a messy desk
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Somewhere between sanity and barking mad
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I'm dismayed that a group of people can expend that much energy on sustaining that much anger. How woefully pathetic.
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Who?
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: In My Own World.
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Put me on the list! Thomas W. Masters. PLEASE.
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Holding out for a Superhero...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Or New Babbage, Second Life!
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I feel so unloved...
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MacAllister's Official Minion & Greeter
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The Prairies and Lakes
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*le sigh* Yet another prize I'm not eligible for 'til I'm published.
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nobody's sidekick
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: between rising apes and falling angels
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Oooo, I must get on their boycott list as soon as possible. Free advertising!
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Hapless Virago
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I am ultra-jelly that I am not being boycotted. On the other hand, it makes me feel like I have done a good job of not making my name easy to find (which I do here because I want to be completely careful about not giving anyone the impression that I offer advice here in the service of looking for private editing clients).
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Has a horse, unlike you.
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Wearing the Tudor Green
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A Gentleman of a refined age...
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Out side the beltway...
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You know, the tone of The Write Agenda blogs reminds me of someone who used to post here, but I can't remember their user name.
As far as exposing anything that might be remotely helpful to unsuspecting writers just entering the publishing industry, its very apparent that they do have an agenda, and its not to help the writer avoid the publishing pit falls and scammers... IMHO...
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Just a Fairy Princess
Join Date: Apr 2009
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My response to this was, aren't wanna-be writers supposed to be, you know, writing? Rather than boycotting people?
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Pedaling Pescado
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: PNW
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nobody's sidekick
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: between rising apes and falling angels
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Yes, but there are the various stages of rejection that newer writers have to go through, first. I'm sure someone else on AW has codified the stages.
Some people get rejected a few million times, and understandably get their egos hung up on blaming everyone else for their own ignorance, bad writing or research, or simple bad luck. Along the lines of Cartman saying 'I hate you guys!' Hell, I went through that stage. About eighteen years ago, before life decided to teach me several object lessons. Including the fact that I wasn't nearly as great a writer as I thought I was. I only improved when I let go of the conspiracy theories about editors and agents. What's sad are the sites like TWA, who aim to make money and network contacts off writers who are still looking for The Magic Formula. |
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You'll have to run faster than that
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: In the watchtower
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I don't think it's helpful to spend our time speculating on who might be behind The Write Agenda: I bet that the people who need to know who it is already do, and we don't want to risk starting an argument by accusing people who have nothing to do with this particular nastiness, right?
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nobody's sidekick
Join Date: Jul 2010
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I agree. It's safer to point and laugh, and then go on to something constructive. Like writing.
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Girl Detective
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: In cahoots with the other boo-birds
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I too am devastated to not see my name on the boycott list.
*resolves to work harder*
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Caped Codder
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: In MA, USA, across from a 17th century cemetery
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Well I recently got someone upset (on AW) with my comments with regard to PA. So they're out there (and in here.)
But I'm too little a writer to make anyone's list.
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Mushroom
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: England
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Based on the Writer Beware comments, there's at least one person on the list who isn't a published author.
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I grow my own catnip
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Deep in the heart o' Texas
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A friend of mine made it on the list because he commented on the Facebook page of one of the authors on the list. The friend is not an author at all, and does not (as far as I know) even aspire to publication, though he's an avid reader. Go figure.
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Geekzilla
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: inside the machine
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After my activity on Twitter and FaceBook tonight, I should be on the list any day now...
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Writer Beware's Faithful Igor
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Central Maryland
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And another list I fail to make.
And I'm actually a member of Writer Beware. *le sigh* Back to being the invisible member. |
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starting over
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Toronto. Gotta love it.
Posts: 7,065
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I made the list. Maybe they'll buy lots of copies of my book to burn.
Of course, this is "The Write Agenda", so they'll probably buy e-copies. |
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