Derek: Writers Literary Agency is a scam. Check out this post for details about the sales they've claimed. Then read the whole thread to see just how scummy Robert Fletcher and his band of sockpuppets are.
Jonathan (85): How do we know who Jim Macdonald is? Easy. You visit his webpage and read his extensive bibliography. Decades of publishing experience. Years and years of helping new writers navigate the tricksy shoals of publishing.
In other words, a knowledgeable, trustworthy person.
You, on the other hand, are an inarticulate shill for Robert Fletcher's scam agency. (If not Bouncing Bobby himself.)
But keep at it. The more you post here, the more you help us expose WL's operations.
Billy (25) and Jonathan (26): I'm sorry to say but you have both been scammed.
WL has yet to make any sales, and it's run by an adjudged scammer. You can read about it here.
My agent does not charge me any fees because she's confident she can sell my novels. She would not have signed me as a client otherwise.
Jonathan (26): So you've found this agency to be helpful? Have they made any sales for you? That's how professional agents earn their money.
Vara (#935): Excellent suggestion. I had nearly given up reading here because the good stuff kept getting derailed.
Aconite: Jinx!
Teresa(27), My reading was "How long to microwave the passport, and at what power setting?"
PUBLIUS, YOU DOG, YOU'RE MARK A. YORK!
Oh, why am I not surprised?
Sorry for being OT. Since I have nothing not-rude to add about Rumsfeld, I shall go back to lurking...
Want to know how much less nice than Jim I am?
Teresa, you are far kinder than I.
I agree that Shlgh craves attention, good or bad. Maybe she doesn't get love and/or attention at home so she seeks it online. Maybe she likes pain and humiliation. Maybe she wants a Secret Diary entry all her own. (I'm dithering over that one--writing it would be too easy, but might endanger my karmic balance. If anyone wants to volunteer, however, I'd be happy to add to the existing collection.)
Shlgh (n) A continuous whinge; (adj) clueless; oblivious; (sometimes) tedious; (v) to exhibit a lack of comprehension in simple matters, from the Old English "sche lagg", as in she lags behind (in understanding).
Xopher, it would be funnier if shlgh didn't react that way normally. The poor dear tried to convince herself that she won a debate with Jim Macdonald. So sad.
Teresa: I believe slgh works Very Hard at being that confused. Perhaps she took extra classes in the summer?
Shlgh has demonstrated before that her reading comprehension is poor. But she has one thing right--her behavior here and elsewhere has been nothing but childish.
I voted against Bush because of the threat of terrorism -- the terrorism he wages upon my Constitution and my civil liberties, the terrorism he wages upon innocents throughout the world.
He's an idiot. A dangerous deluded idiot who--
*takes a deep breath*
Sorry. Sorry for the rant. It's just that this man and his gang of thugs terrify me. I could never write a set of characters as callous as them.
JamesC, in fact, is a frigging liar.
MacAllister, that is far more polite than how I've phrased it. I've worked in software for over twenty-five years, and I've never seen anything quite so unprofessional.
Nice timing, Euan.
Indeed. I knew it was coming, but Euan's timing was scary accurate.
Anybody want some more popcorn? There's cold soda in the bathtub.
Thank you. *roots around for the Diet Coke*
I hate it when writers lose their writing. It's like they've suffered the amputation of some invisible body part.
Teresa, best of luck to your writer friend in rescuing all her work. I've not lost any writing so far (knock on Moose's wooden little head) but I came close once, and I felt as though someone had scooped away my insides.
Guys, please take the argument elsewhere. It's bandwidth that could be used to better purpose, imo.
Even if I give JamesC every benefit of the doubt, he still doesn't come out looking very good in this whole mess. If he's unsure who owned the AW domain, why didn't he make an effort to contact both parties *much* earlier to straighten things out? If AW was such a headache, why couldn't he and his business partner work out things so that the customer had to leave, they left happy? If he doesn't want to discuss the matter publicly, why give out several conflicting answers? And if his lawyer did advise him to keep quiet, why the long screed on his website?
Sorry, but his behavior throughout does not give me much confidence in him or his company.
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