So Stupid I'm Laughing and Crying

[Rena_Muffin]

Please Please Please update us when she replies!!

[The Electric Fetus]

is there ANY WAY you could tell us, hint about or generally inform us what this masterpiece is all about? from your descriptions it might be fun to grab a copy just to fill in a space in the 'wtf' file.

[Mytical]

There is a few in every batch. Actors, Authors, etc. I know the females are called Divas, not sure what the guys are called..besides jerks. Think they are the end all and be all, the next Shakespeare. It doesn't matter that what they write isn't up to the 'drivel' level yet, it is the Greatest Literary Achievement .. EVER. They should be kissing the authors feet, peeling them grapes, and thanking them for the privilege of doing so.

The Author has them over a barrel, and know it. Knows that they have invested so much money and effort, that they can't afford to 'let it go' without causing them a whole lot. So the author will milk it for all it is worth.

The powers that be in that place need to realize that it is going to cost them more and more the longer they wait. They should contact the author, tell them that they are shelving it, and it will never see the light of day. It can go to print as they want it to, or never be printed. Simple. I am sure in the contract there is a clause for just that. No more money for the author, no chance for them to shop it elsewhere, and their 'GLAE' sits collecting dust...OR the author can let them publish it.

[Barefootgirl]

27 maps, 300 photographs and 200 footnotes????? I think I am going to buy this book when it comes out, purely for the horror value.

I read your other post about renumbering 200+ footnotes by hand. Just the sheer thought of it made me cry.

[taxguykarl]

The Author has them over a barrel, and know it. Knows that they have invested so much money and effort, that they can't afford to 'let it go' without causing them a whole lot. So the author will milk it for all it is worth.

That would be the case if the author in the OP knew her material was crap. I get the feeling that X thinks her submittal was awesome but ruined by the publishing staff.

[wagegoth]

There is a few in every batch. Actors, Authors, etc. I know the females are called Divas, not sure what the guys are called..besides jerks.

I don't like to think of terms like that as gender-dependent. Therefore, anyone can be a diva, slut, whore, dickwad, c**t, etc. when I'm talking.

[Andara Bledin]

If the female is "diva" then wouldn't the masculine be "divo?"

Either way, she's an outstanding example of the modern usage of "prima donna."

^-.-^

[dalesys]

...wouldn't the masculine be "divo?"

Are we not men?

[Mytical]

I don't like to think of terms like that as gender-dependent. Therefore, anyone can be a diva, slut, whore, dickwad, c**t, etc. when I'm talking.

True, they are all EW's however you call them..

[Jester]

I don't like to think of terms like that as gender-dependent. Therefore, anyone can be a diva, slut, whore, dickwad, c**t, etc. when I'm talking.

she's an outstanding example of the modern usage of "prima donna."

I agree, and have called male friends (well, at least one male friend) a diva and prima donna on more than one occasion.

If the female is "diva" then wouldn't the masculine be "divo?"

"Are we not men? We are divo... Are we not men? D-I-V-O!"