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Jan. 27, 2005 After reading Mr. Stox’s article, I had to assume my last post erred in its communication, why else would he believe I wanted to read reviews of his book? So, I re-read my post (“Playing Yankee Stadium…) trying to understand where I miscommunicated. Imagine my surprise (you’d have to, I wasn’t), to find that it was just Mr. Stox’s fragile ego looking for words of criticism where there were none from me. Mr. Stox, I did not ask for reviews of your book. I did not imply that your book was bad or unworthy of publication. I merely noted that you do not mention, in an otherwise detailed description of the PublishAmerica process, any review by their staff of your book’s worthiness for publication. My point was that PA will publish anything, they are not concerned with content, it’s just a business for them. That does not mean the content is unworthy, just that it is unjudged, and therefore, authors like yourself merit no status as “published authors” in the writing industry’s eyes simply because PA published your work. Yes, technically, you have now been “published” (YEAH, RAH, RAH, MR. STOX IS PUBLISHED!!! WHEE!). But, just as my article points out, being published by PA no more makes one a Published Author in the real world sense of those words, than running the bases in an empty Yankee Stadium makes one a Professional Baseball player. Maybe a different analogy works for you… I noticed your sexual references in the previous article…would you understand my point if I compared a PA author to a street john paying a prostitute? The resulting tryst does not prove the john to be a great lover, or one who has a “way with women.” He is simply a whoremonger, nothing more. Absent any real validation of their work, PA authors have simply paid a whore as well. That’s not to say that there isn’t some whoremonger somewhere who might be a great lover and charmer of women, but if so, I will bet you that he doesn’t begin his seduction by bragging about his conquests of prostitutes. Likewise, one should not claim Published Author status by bragging of your PA-published book. Long term, your ego would be better served by admitting that no real publishing house would touch your work, as Ms. Banks does of the poetry she published with PA. Take a job in the industry at the ground floor – maybe writing classified ads – then work your way up based on the merit of your work. If you are good, you will be recognized. Just as a good woman will love you if you are worthy. Whereas I had initially believed you understood the real function of PA – to print anyone’s words and bind those pages into a nice book – by your description of their services and admission that they were but the “mechanical means” to a personal goal; I now suspect that you are one of those who also seek validation through PA. I would pity you, but recognizing that an impoverished life on the streets can be very demeaning, I will join your delusion of grandeur in order to firm up your abused self esteem: HEY EVERYONE, MR. STOX, WORLD FAMOUS AUTHOR AND BON VIVANT HAS WRITTEN A WONDERFUL BOOK ABOUT HOMELESS LIFE. AFTER WEIGHING OFFERS FROM ALL THE TOP PUBLISHERS, MR. STOX REJECTED THEIR OFFERS OF A SIZEABLE ADVANCE IN FAVOR OF WORKING WITH THE PROFESSIONAL EDITORS AT PUBLISHAMERICA. THIS FUTURE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER FULLY EXPECTS YOUR ROYALTY CHECKS AND ADORATION TO BE PROMPTLY FORTHCOMING. There, now don’t you feel better. ------------ About the author: Ron Lewis is a software salesman extraordinaire, albeit habitually unemployed, with no significant accomplishments at age 47 other than two wonderfully talented children who take after their mother. All his friends note his keen insight, bad eyesight, doggedly jaded disposition, and rugged bad looks. A third person seems to recall that he talks too much. Email: grnacres@direcway.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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