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Jan. 28, 2005 It had (and I stress HAD) been a good week. The PublishAmerica Breaking News Story was winding down, for the Media had milked the controversy dry. Earlier in the week, there appeared an article on U-K by Ron Lewis - comparing my publisher with Death Row Records. I then rebutted his article with gentle humor, and a bird's eye view of the protocol involved with bringing a book to market. I thought (and stress - HAD THOUGHT) that my rebuttal contained an interesting glimpse of the process of getting a book published - from beginning to end. Surely, I thought, Mr. Lewis would appreciate my humor, and the education. The next day, Mr. Lewis penned another article comparing being published by PublishAmerica, and playing baseball in an empty stadium. My brain must not have been engaged properly, for I gleamed from the article that Mr. Lewis had challenged me to produce Reviews of my Memoir, to validate its worthiness to be purchased and read by others. Admittedly, with a great deal of hostility - I produced another article containing reviews of my work which appear on the Barns & Noble / Amazon Websites. I had thought (once again, I stress - HAD THOUGHT) that Mr. Lewis would be satisfied. It was about 7pm and my wonderful, loving, sexy, intelligent, loyal, sensitive, lady and I were about to take a walk to mail a few letters. Before leaving the house, I decided to check the U-K Website. The conversation went something like this: "Oh, no! Looks like Ron Lewis wrote another article about you," she said. "Yeah. Let me take a look at it," I said. "Are you sure?" She said, in a hesitant, concerned tone. With in a few clicks, the article appeared. We both were stunned by Mr. Lewis's words, thoughts, and demeanor. The conversation continued. "Are you going to let this go? She said, placing her arm gently around my shoulders. "Hmmm." I muttered. "Your face is turning a dangerous shade of red. Are you okay?" She said, as I rose to my feet. "Yeah. Let's get some fresh air." I said. The chill of the Winter Midwestern evening air soothed and tempered the redness in my face. As we walked to the mailbox, our conversation, normally happy and filled with laughter, was replaced by a discussion about Mr. Lewis and his allegations. Returning home, we could not lose ourselves in our usual pleasurable television viewing fare. The topic of Mr. Lewis, and his recent article hung over our heads, like a black cloud. "No matter what you say, Argile. You are not going to let this go." She said, very sweetly. "I could just not respond, and let the article find its rightful place at the bottom of the submission pile." I said. "I know you better," she said. "You are going to rip into him, right?" "Hmmm..." I muttered. This morning I awoke with piss and vinegar running throughout my veins. Mr. Lewis's article, throughout the evening, had remained on top. The editor(s) of U-K had saw fit to have Mr. Lewis's article as the last submission of the previous day. I am a Non-Fiction writer. I record life events, as they happen. I try to place some humor in my writing to "take the edge off" serious, often stressful situations. However, at the time of this writing, I am at a loss for words - regarding Mr. Lewis's last article submission to this forum. I can understand why the editor(s) of the U-K placed Mr. Lewis's disparaging article, as a response to my previous article. After all, a running battle, war of words between two contributing columnists - has the making of a great soap opera. In addition, I do find some humor in Mr. Lewis's article. Not much. Just a tad of humor. Enough humor to forgive him. I will forgive him, but, I will not Forget. There is always a tomorrow. There will be other articles produced by Mr. Lewis. One day, it will be my turn. I choose my battles well, and will wait for the right opportunity to gently remind Mr. Lewis that I am always lurking on this forum. Two can play at this game; and I do not mean Baseball... ------------ About the author Argile Stox: Visit the website: http://mysite.verizon.net/res8nrbr/ Email: argilestox@verizon.net 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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