Beth: I suspect it's not arrogance that blinds those poor writers but desperation.
I was thinking of one person in particular when I wrote about arrogance, and your ability to see that person as a desperate writer rather than a hellspawn humbles me. You have a much larger and more generous heart than I do.
Suzanne said: It's amazing, though, that even when you point people at posts like the above or any of the other sites like Writer Beware, how many people still "fall" for the scams because of basic insecurity.
The ones that stun me are the ones who discount all that information out of sheer arrogance.
fidelio mentioned: Of course, nowadays ignoring the radio and television wouldn't matter--your grandfather would never have sold everyone on turning their cell phones off and leaving them off for the entire vacation!
*small voice* Well, actually, there are those of us who live simple lifestyles by choice, and who might take a cell phone on vacation for emergencies, but otherwise not use one. I don't consider them a necessary (or even particularly desirable) part of life, and certainly wouldn't consider using one during family time.
Xopher, why should we assume TJP changed his mind as well as his website?
To quote "alex":
Padding your credits only gets the book considered quicker.
Hmm. It may be that everyone has misunderstood his goals. People naturally assumed he wanted the MS to be *accepted,* when actually he just wanted to jump the queue. Rejection on the grounds of falsified credits and ruination of one's career don't matter, as long as you get your MS read sooner.
Dan, I'm still recovering from the country-western version of "If I Should Fall from Grace with God." It hurts. Oh, it hurts.
Skwid pondered:
Marilee, there's another way to do laundry than in units of a day-full?
Skwid, either you've never had a septic system, or else I'm NEVER walking in your yard. *g*
You'll realize why even guys who haven't had much success with women before or guys who don't have the looks or social status women normally require
*thwacks forehead* And to think that all this time, I considered myself an individual, when actually I was just a piece of the greathivemindwoman. The shallow greathivemindwoman, I might add. Good to have that cleared up.
Epacris, this doesn't answer your question regarding timing, but I can say with assurance that the West Wing character was not based on Coulter. The character was literate, accurate, truthful, and willing to change her mind when facts proved her assumptions incorrect. Of course, the writers may have been providing a deliberate contrast.
WW is up to Season Five in the US, if that helps.
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