In my anecdotal experience, people that are trying to make money off you expect you to do their job for them much of the time, want you to give them as much as they can take, and are quick to drop you if a better source of money comes along. But then they don’t understand why you’re mad, and will even expect you to hear them chatting about the other opportunity and be happy for them.
There must be exceptions to these generalizations, but these behaviors are the ones that stick in my head.
Reminds me of when I was an actor. I was offered a "baritone role" in "The Merry Widow". I flew to Coldwater, Michigan, Tibbits Opera House, to find I was in the chorus and had a second act walk-on as the maitre d.
It's one thing to "borrow" the individual you suggested as a person to endorse your book - - but quite another to gaslight you and pretend the conversation never existed.
But why couldn't a stellar authority blurb 2 books? Is there a shortage of compliments going around?
In my anecdotal experience, people that are trying to make money off you expect you to do their job for them much of the time, want you to give them as much as they can take, and are quick to drop you if a better source of money comes along. But then they don’t understand why you’re mad, and will even expect you to hear them chatting about the other opportunity and be happy for them.
There must be exceptions to these generalizations, but these behaviors are the ones that stick in my head.
Ouch. It's sobering to learn that being screwed by an editor/publisher can happen at any stage of a writer's career, not just at the beginning....
Reminds me of when I was an actor. I was offered a "baritone role" in "The Merry Widow". I flew to Coldwater, Michigan, Tibbits Opera House, to find I was in the chorus and had a second act walk-on as the maitre d.
It sounds to me like the publishing world is full of sociopaths.
It's one thing to "borrow" the individual you suggested as a person to endorse your book - - but quite another to gaslight you and pretend the conversation never existed.
But why couldn't a stellar authority blurb 2 books? Is there a shortage of compliments going around?
which book was it?