(Alan's thoughts on his least favorite client).
McMillan was claiming his boomerang son as an employee. The last missive from McMillan contained instructions to deduct his son's "salary" as pool cleaner at over a hundred thousand for the year as a business expense and I had not yet crafted a reply as to why I could do no such thing. He also had some documents that showed his son paying someone else eighty thousand a year to be his personal assistant. I think McMillan's theory was to keep paying assistants like those Russian nesting dolls until his actual tax liability was twenty seven cents....The thought of having to go through all of McMillan's receipts if he was audited was enough to make me consider staying dead.
(Alan's thoughts on his least favorite client).
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This interview went fine in the end. But I was nervous as I had just gotten over the evil flu of 2013 and was more sleep deprived. Thank goodness for good jounralists who can translate the ramblings of a fevered brain. Thank you for a fun interview! Read all about it (and discover many other great books) at http://bit.ly/IndieAL164
Next step, working out the seminar for the medical students coming to get inoculated with my sense of humor. And letting the dog in and out 700 times as it is too cold in Wisconsin even for those of us born with a fur coat. If 2013 is the year to step outside my comfort zone it is well on its way. First step was babysitting a python over the school holidays. He didn't eat any family members and returned safely to the library where he normally lives. Next step, working out the lecture for a local seminar in the spring. The students had better do the assigned reading! Because reading even two chapters of ROOM FOUR has been clinically proven to add IQ points.
Would be writers...here it is...it is a tough, tough business. The world does not owe you anything as an artist. I see opinion pieces on so many writers boards bemoaning the business side of writing. Yes, writers do get discovered all the time but they must have an outstanding book ready for discovery. More often, writers slowly grow their readership. Some advertising dollars hopefully well spent. Some reviews. Some word of mouth. And if lightning strikes, be ready!
Reviewers have no obligation to review your book. Paying someone for their time to objectively review your book is not an ethical conundrum. It's business. And at the moment it's one way to break into the industry. Are there scams out there? Fake contests? People willing to take your money and stroke your ego in the process? Of course. Writer: educate thyself on the business of writing. If you were starting a different kind of business, a restaurant perhaps, you would spent a ton in start up costs. But if anyone has Oprah on speed dial, give her shout. Because she would love ROOM FOUR. Resist the urge, folks. Don't get that random coffee table book that you would never buy except for the fact that it is the holidays , Grandpa Fred said he likes architecture so he would love the "365 Days of Bricks" book. Your sister is still a vegetarian so of course she would love "365 Days of Tofu." No. She wouldn't. Same goes for giving one of those teeny check out counter books. "Hipster Tweets." Get literature. Bold, daring, offbeat literature. Heck, get Grandma "Fifty Shades of Grey" if you must but make it a real book. But what she really wants is a copy of "Room Four." You knew that, right? Happy Holidays.
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Goodreads Book GiveawayEnter to winNow that's interesting. An experienced agent taking the plunge into ebooks and willing to take on work of varied length. To my readers who don't live and die by publishing mantras....70,000 words is the magic number that makes a novel. 30,000 words lands you in nebulous novella territory and 100,000 plus puts you in "paper is expensive don't you know" epic territory. But in the ebook realm, pixels are the great equalizer. I think this compnay is one to watch.
Others are more productive. Can't go through life with a cone on one's head. Be it the cone of shame, cone pf protection, cone of protocol....Sniff. Jump in the thistles. What's the worst that could happen? We watched the Milwaukee marathon today and the dog didn't eat any of the runners. Back home to the keyboard and coffee. |
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