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| Blago signs six-figure book deal | |
| 2009-03-03 | |
Rod Blagojevich's publicist says the former Illinois governor plans to write book " exposing the dark side of politics."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Words fail... well, not me, since I am a writer and words are my stock in trade. See, this is why traditional, old-line publishing is spinning towards the drain, just as the old-line MSM is. They would rather hand out the sweetheart book contracts to scum like Blago, and other temporarily notorious POS, and to million-selling authors whose next book is a clone of their last one. To them what have, more shall be given. Them as what haves not can go pound sand, while their manuscripts languish in the slush pile. Whereas aspiring scribblers like myself can publish through outlets like LuLu, iUniverse, Booksurge and Booklocker, and pretty much do all the work themselves, scum like Blago go whistling on their way with a six-figure check in their pocket. And yeah, I'd like to know who the publisher is also, so I can abstain from buying anything of theirs. BTW, I will be participating in an on-line book-club (link here - the Conference Room is "Let's Read Historical Novels") tonight at 8PM Central for "The Gathering" - Book One of Adelsverein Trilogy, or as one of the fans put it "Barsetshire with cypress trees and lots of sidearms. I know a couple of Rantburgundians have read it, so join in, y'all. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2009-03-03 17:23 |
| #4 Enter your title in John Kass' contest, B. You just might have a winnah. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-03 16:26 |
| #3 How does The 'Audacity of |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-03 07:14 |
| #2 What seedy publisher arranged that deal? I'd like to avoid the rest of their wares. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-03-03 05:53 |
| #1 "Blago signs six-figure book deal" Of course he does. "He'll never live to the see the page proofs ..." That's downright optimistic. I don't expect him to live long enough to finish the book. Especially after he names the |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-03 00:14 |