Guess Who Said This

ResearchGuy · Mar 31, 2007

Guesses invited (no fair Googling it). Who said:

"Writers need to take care of themselves and do whatever is necessary to promote themselves and their books."

I'll post the answer after a reasonable number of guesses are offered. (I reserve the right to decide what is "a reasonable number.")

--Ken

Siddow · Mar 31, 2007

J. A. Konrath?

Siddow · Mar 31, 2007

Okay, I googled and know it's not J.A., but dang it...
he coulda said it!

Birol · Mar 31, 2007

Not a clue.

PeeDee · Mar 31, 2007

Harlan Ellison

The Lady · Mar 31, 2007

Publish America

PeeDee · Mar 31, 2007

The Lady said:
Publish America

Damn. I second that one.

Arkie · Apr 3, 2007

Jodi Picoult

Sage · Apr 3, 2007

The Lady said:
Publish America

LOL, that was my guess too.

ResearchGuy · Apr 3, 2007

Still soliciting guesses . . . will be away from the computer for a few days, but I'll check in early next week.

Looking for a specific name of who said that exact sentence. And again, no fair Googling or otherwise searching . . . guesses only.

Ta ta . . .

--Ken

James D. Macdonald · Apr 3, 2007

Writers need to take care of themselves and do whatever is necessary to promote themselves and their books.

Betcha that "whatever is necessary" doesn't include lollipop trees and tablecloths with iron-on transfers of the book's cover.

engmajor2005 · Apr 3, 2007

I won't guess, seeing that I cheated and I know exactly who said it, but I will say I'm shocked. The person is usually somebody totally on the side of the author, and I would suspect them to be shaming the publishing houses for not doing more to assist their authors (basically the publishing house's bread and butter). I liked the individual up until now.

Silver King · Apr 3, 2007

ResearchGuy said:
Still soliciting guesses . . . will be away from the computer for a few days, but I'll check in early next week.

That pretty much takes the fun out of it. What's the point in guessing if we won't know the answer for another week?

Steven Howard · Apr 3, 2007

Silver King said:
That pretty much takes the fun out of it. What's the point in guessing if we won't know the answer for another week?

You can have fun by posting more and more absurd "guesses" every day until somebody breaks down and posts the answer.

"Mark Twain"

"Jane Russell"

"Genghis Khan"

"Mr. Ed"

"Joseph of Arimathia"

and so on.

Rolling Thunder · Apr 3, 2007

Well, I googled it. I'd rather know the story than the title. So, I'll play fair and won't tell. It was worthwhile to learn about who, what, and where.

Silver King · Apr 3, 2007

Rllgthunder said:
Well, I googled it. I'd rather know the story than the title. So, I'll play fair and won't tell.

You should tell us. Ken won't be back for another week. He may get mad at us, but heck, so much time will have passed that it won't matter.

Sage · Apr 3, 2007

Or people can guess & when they get it right, someone who knows can tell them they are.

Silver King · Apr 3, 2007

Sage said:
Or people can guess & when they get it right, someone who knows can tell them they are.

Great idea!

William Shakespeare?

davids · Apr 3, 2007

Bernard Flaygpuller

swvaughn · Apr 3, 2007

Siddow said:
Okay, I googled and know it's not J.A., but dang it...
he coulda said it!

I would've guessed Konrath too.

poetinahat · Apr 3, 2007

Stephen King.

ResearchGuy · Apr 3, 2007

Silver King said:
That pretty much takes the fun out of it. What's the point in guessing if we won't know the answer for another week?

What's the point of writing a novel if you won't know if it will be accepted for publication for years?

I think y'all can survive a few days while I take a short vacation, eh?

--Ken

Silver King · Apr 3, 2007

ResearchGuy said:
I think y'all can survive a few days while I take a short vacation, eh?

Aren't you supposed to be gone until next week? Sheesh. There's no fun taking pot-shots at your thread while you watch.

Toni Morrison?

ResearchGuy · Apr 3, 2007

engmajor2005 said:
I won't guess, seeing that I cheated and I know exactly who said it, but I will say I'm shocked. The person is usually somebody totally on the side of the author, and I would suspect them to be shaming the publishing houses for not doing more to assist their authors (basically the publishing house's bread and butter). I liked the individual up until now.

Did you read the entire context? I did not take the sentence unfairly out of context, but the surrounding few paragraphs are important, and I would think would modify your shock.

Yeah, yeah, I am supposed to be away . . . I had to fire up my PC again on account of an unexpected speaking request and to take care of some details for that. As long as it is on I might as well make the usual tour of places I hang out.

--Ken

Silver King · Apr 3, 2007

ResearchGuy said:
Yeah, yeah, I am supposed to be away . . . I had to fire up my PC again on account of an unexpected speaking request and to take care of some details for that. As long as it is on I might as well make the usual tour of places I hang out.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Ken, just admit you couldn't stand to see how the thread evolved and had to look. It's okay. We understand.

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