Christopher Pike Scandal

Fandom Wank, how I love thee.

Why can't these people grab an ounce of class and a gram of dignity and shut the hell up?

I'm always curious about the thought process with these trainwrecks. At what point does "I'll make multiple fake accounts and defend myself as a stranger!" come across as a rational or sane route to take?

*sigh*

This is why writers have to be so particular about fact-checking. Hell, it's not like it's hard. It's not that much harder to doublecheck it, either, just in case that wiki article is inaccurate.

I factcheck everything, from figures of speech to street slang in the historical novels I'm editing--and writing. I feel I have to. But if I make a mistake, I'll own up to it.

As for writing gushing reviews of your own work--seriously, dude? Seriously? How pathetic is that?

The best advice for a writer on the internet--READ what you've written before you hit send. If it makes you look like an ass, DON'T SEND IT.

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks...

They Might Be Giants--Istanbul

Train wreck*Popcorn

Enough said.

I hope I have the grace and dignity to shut the hell up for a bad review. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, whether good or bad. I think responding just makes you look like an ass.

scarletpeaches said:

Fandom Wank, how I love thee.

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I love author wank. Though it's kind of sad when someone like Elizabeth Moon shoots herself in the foot.

Wow. That's amazing.

I bet he totally doesn't know what Keyser Soze means, either

Pike responds to the charges:



BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

I loved Christopher Pike as a kid and still buy his books as they come out...too bad this is blowing up this way.

CaroGirl said:

Why can't these people grab an ounce of class and a gram of dignity and shut the hell up?

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but that would equal zero publicity. Must. Self. Promote.

I never imagined that writers would do these sorts of things until I came here. Add one more thing to the list of stupid mistakes I won't make as a writer.

artemis31386 said:

I think responding just makes you look like an ass.

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Oh there are classy responses.

See this response to a actually quite funny but not particularly complimentary review: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks....ents/pregnesia-by-carla-cassidy-guest-review/

See quote er, about 22. Class in a glass.

If someone busted me, I'd just say 'Hey, I researched, but obviously not enough. Have sweeties'

I like to think I'd hold my hands up to it, take the piss out of myself, be gracious and hope people remembered my sense of humour rather than the fact I screwed up.

scarletpeaches said:

I like to think I'd hold my hands up to it, take the piss out of myself, be gracious and hope people remembered my sense of humour rather than the fact I screwed up.

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He's not wrong, though, and his work is brilliant. It's everyone else who has a problem. Sheesh! Didn't you GET THAT?!

djf881 said:

Pike responds to the charges:

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

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I have to admit, when I saw this headline the first thing I thought of was the Christopher Pike who was Kirk's predecessor as captain of the Enterprise. So I'm very glad someone /else/ posted this in the thread before me!

Christopher Pike is still writing?

ChaosTitan said:

Christopher Pike is still writing?

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That kind of surprised me too.

M.R.J. Le Blanc said:

That kind of surprised me too.

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Me, three.

Wow. That was interesting. I've never heard of Pike before.

The person speaking for the author said the book was from a 15 year old POV who knew nothing about Turkey. That makes sense, except--you would make sure the facts were accurate anyway. Fact checking is very important.

SusanL said:

I've never heard of Pike before.

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Yeah. Me neither.

I've never heard of Christopher Pike either. And, until recently, I thought the Amazon was a waterway in South America.

But just to defend the lad for a second, and I'm not him, really, what about all the Fact crap that Dan Brown starts his books off with?

So maybe if Pikey had started off with:

Fact - Istanbul is the capital of Turkey.
Fact - The Knights Templars didn't like Ankara - too much traffic, nowhere to park your horse.
Fact - The Gobi Desert's bigger than you think it is.
Fact - The Knights Templars cut down all the trees between Istanbul and Tibet and made the desert.
Fact - I got all this straight from the mouth of the horse that bit me.
Fact - I'm richer than the Knights Templars ever were.

Oh, have to go. I sense a blockbuster coming on.

Yours with a chuckle,

Whacko

I used to read CP back in the day!

what a random story. I'm with Scarlet, I'd hope I'd own up to the mistake and say, "Ha, clearly I didn't google that hard enough, huh?"

I guess it's hard when you put so much effort into something, but still. Class is class.

SusanL said:

Wow. That was interesting. I've never heard of Pike before.

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CaroGirl said:

Yeah. Me neither.

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Gah! I think my post-high school mental process just rebooted.

He was sort of a next step author for those who read RL Stine. A bit darker, more horror with less humor. Made a good bridge between Stine and Stephen King.