I was getting antsy, too, Mem. I do tend to get mouthy at times, but it's only because I'm not getting enough sugar -- like Twinkies and Ho-hos and BROWNIES. Don't worry about your cover -- it's supposed to be ugly. It's ... Moe-randa.T42 said:Wow, I thought I had been banned for sure because I couldn't stick to the topic so Pa sucks and my cover is the ugliest so it is only fitting that it should win!
Hey Little Missy, I think you and Ed have been doing to much gremlin crap behind closed doors at the user cp room and that's what made the bulbs go out~ so knock it off you two!Sher2 said:Me, too, M-Ed. Thank God, it was just system gremlins.
Oh, yeah, it will be. Dee's a real trouper, and there's more to come. Go, Dee!Memphis Ed said:
Sher2 said:
I'm gonna take that as a compliment I think. Victoria told me it was soooooooooo ugly and I've been sitting here wondering if that was suppose to be a compliment. 
If I win, I'll know it was
Are you insultin' my virtue? (Which Ed?)T42 said:Hey Little Missy, I think you and Ed have been doing to much gremlin crap behind closed doors at the user cp room and that's what made the bulbs go out~ so knock it off you two!
I think you've had TOO MUCH sugar.
Which Ed? All of the Ed's! Ten browies are not that much! I have to eat that many to maintain my battle stamina with pa.Sher2 said:Are you insultin' my virtue? (Which Ed?)
Do your civic duty and VOTE.lindylou45 said:
Linda can we vote for ourselves? Can we vote more than once? We've got to be careful. If my fellow contestants become as unhinged as those of us in the fake cover contest..........lindylou45 said:
Good Lord! I can see it now. I'm gonna have to stay up all night just to fight off the late night campaigners!bluwinteryfox said:
Memphis Ed said:
bluwinteryfox said:
CaoPaux said:
orraloon said:
Chateau Lafeet, vintage: yesterday. It resonates to the high heavens. The fiber will keep you regular, though.DreamWeaver said:So, ummm, where do we pour it into the computer?
OH, we DRINK it???
I think I'll stick with something from a *traditional vineyard*....
To stay OT: if PA were a *traditional vineyard*, they would make all their workers stomp on raisins trying to make wine, would bottle it in old pickle jars, would mislabel it, sell it at gas stations, and if they were lucky it'd taste like a really, really bad bottle of Thunderbird that had been left open behind the counter at 7-11 for two years.
Funny...now that Elvis wine is sounding pretty good to me!
Kris
But gosh, you're not self-published, you're published by a known traditional publisher who's growing in both numbers and stature every day!
Granted, it's not as exciting as helping lunatics post their own death notices, but still...
That's good, because you're definitely are not going to get it from PA.
Actually, your publisher has gotten lots of media attention with much more slated to come. Why aren't they letting y'all in on their secrets for obtaining it, surely it would be an inspiration for all their authors!
It is the best game in town - for Moe-randa, Larry, and Curlem. With a self published book, you would make real money if you sold some copies, money that can be invested in more books to potentially sell in the future. With PA, if you sell books you'll make no money, but that won't be the case for the New Three Stooges! Or for the POD Squad!
Those ideas are all classics, but I still believe they'd be better off going with the original idea of a mass signing at their local Jiffy Lube. With some door prizes and primo snacks and some sparkly ink to sign with, plus a surefire steady stream of customers, they can't lose. The customers have already gotten a great deal on a lube job; they'll be in the mood to buy overpriced books. You can't discount all the love the authors would feel resonating off each other, either. It's so warm and fuzzy it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.Ed Williams said:
Ed Williams said:
....this is one area where I think PA is particularly insidious, they deliberately let their authors fall into the same non-productive traps over and over and over again. These authors will put tons of effort into something that will not pay off at all for them at all, and then they will blame the book buying gods or something (but never PA).Christine N. said:They're reinventing the wheel over it pOZ.
http://www.publishamerica.com/cgi-bin/pamessageboard/data/main/11933.htm
If they mention the Jiffy Lube, I'm
Ed, I tried to bonk you, but they said I need to bonk others before I can bonk you again. Funny!
Ed, Maybe it would be a good idea if some of us were to write letters to the New York Times to make sure that it is a negative towards pa. They might need a little more ammunition. I think I already wrote to them several months ago but I'd be willing to write another one.Ed Williams said:
