Life, or something like it
Apr. 17th, 2006 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickwriterBecause my sister is insane in that fun kind of way - the countdown to graduation.
She'll be exiting TWU with an MLS, a feat that needs much applause, as she will be turning 40 on July 11. (yes, Nan, that is Michael Rosenbaum's birthday ::g::)
She's hoping to get a Real Job (tm) at a nearby public library, at which she's been volunteering for a couple of years.
Yay, her!
In my world, work is of the sucktastic kind - nothing like coming in on Monday to "we need to have a conversation" email from a client. Sigh. The worst part - they were right, we had screwed up.
The rest of the day was sucked up with phone calls and stuff I really didn't want to deal with.
Some day, things may get better...or not.
The Asshat(tm), formerly known as my publisher, still hasn't removed my book from "in print" status at Ingram. So, people can still *buy* my book online and I *still* won't get any money. I'm talking to my attorney at the end of the week (we'll both be at the convention) and find out what I can do. I have my full waiver of release (full rights, the whole shebang), so technically, I believe this is totally illegal. I sent him email to the effect of "hey, when are you going to do this and dude, where's my money" - no reply for more than a week. His Web site seems to have vanished, too. Now what?
I have a feeling there will be dead publishers appearing as victims in some upcoming books.
Have mostly caught up on the 9th Doctor - only 2 eps to watch until I can watch the new series premiere ep. Did a marathon this weekend. Really way darker than I expected - and that's a good thing. I like dark.
Here's hoping the week improves in a work-type way.
She'll be exiting TWU with an MLS, a feat that needs much applause, as she will be turning 40 on July 11. (yes, Nan, that is Michael Rosenbaum's birthday ::g::)
She's hoping to get a Real Job (tm) at a nearby public library, at which she's been volunteering for a couple of years.
Yay, her!
In my world, work is of the sucktastic kind - nothing like coming in on Monday to "we need to have a conversation" email from a client. Sigh. The worst part - they were right, we had screwed up.
The rest of the day was sucked up with phone calls and stuff I really didn't want to deal with.
Some day, things may get better...or not.
The Asshat(tm), formerly known as my publisher, still hasn't removed my book from "in print" status at Ingram. So, people can still *buy* my book online and I *still* won't get any money. I'm talking to my attorney at the end of the week (we'll both be at the convention) and find out what I can do. I have my full waiver of release (full rights, the whole shebang), so technically, I believe this is totally illegal. I sent him email to the effect of "hey, when are you going to do this and dude, where's my money" - no reply for more than a week. His Web site seems to have vanished, too. Now what?
I have a feeling there will be dead publishers appearing as victims in some upcoming books.
Have mostly caught up on the 9th Doctor - only 2 eps to watch until I can watch the new series premiere ep. Did a marathon this weekend. Really way darker than I expected - and that's a good thing. I like dark.
Here's hoping the week improves in a work-type way.
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Date: 2006-04-17 11:40 pm (UTC)*kicks fluffy puppies*
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Date: 2006-04-18 12:33 am (UTC)I don't think it would have been the juggernaut it's been if they'd kept it camp and fluffy. Original Doctor had a dark core, but they've brought it out, in keeping with the current fad for angst, and it works.
And it is a juggernaut - something like 80 million viewers for the Season 2 premiere, and that's not counting everyone who had to torrent it down.
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Date: 2006-04-19 08:24 pm (UTC)Glad to know it's such a hit.
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Date: 2006-04-18 02:47 am (UTC)Can you contact them? Either via the website or the phone? Fax them a copy of your letter and ask the book be pulled. At the very least request that they contact the publisher, which is when they'll learn he's out of business and they have no one to return their stock to.
Good luck!
Hey, the week can only get better, right? :-)
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Date: 2006-04-19 08:26 pm (UTC)Week=better? Not so much - it's continued to be stressmakinglyinsanecrazyarrgh....
I keep reminding myself - I'm off work Friday and Monday. I will be with fans and friends and fellow authors.
Thanks for the good luck wishes!
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Date: 2006-04-18 03:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-19 08:27 pm (UTC)Victim?
Date: 2006-04-18 03:18 am (UTC)Dead, sure, with a transition from life to death involving both assistance and pain, but of course! But full-fledged victimhood - save that for those who aren't looking to fuck you over.
Just my two cents. ;)
Re: Victim?
Date: 2006-04-19 08:29 pm (UTC)A bunch of us are considering writing a serial novel - where in each chapter, a publisher is murdered, then resurrected somehow for the subsequent chapter, etc. ::g::
It's definitely cathartic.
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Date: 2006-04-18 05:08 pm (UTC)-- this message brought to you by Librarians Glad To Be Out Of Grad School, Inc.
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