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::As opposed to, say, ''Family Guy''? Seth MacFarlane built his Fuzzy Door empire on such tropes. I'm just trying to sell enough books to fund my dream of going back to school. I want a life of buffet-style dining three times a day, faster Internet, a decent cable package instead of a crappy government ObamaCable box that only lets me have two channels, and beautiful random girls who call the men's dorms nightly for sex. Hey, that's how college works. I don't make these rules, I just try to live within them and not screw up too badly in the meantime. --[[User:The Iconoclast|The Iconoclast]] 11:03, 15 January 2011 (PST) | ::As opposed to, say, ''Family Guy''? Seth MacFarlane built his Fuzzy Door empire on such tropes. I'm just trying to sell enough books to fund my dream of going back to school. I want a life of buffet-style dining three times a day, faster Internet, a decent cable package instead of a crappy government ObamaCable box that only lets me have two channels, and beautiful random girls who call the men's dorms nightly for sex. Hey, that's how college works. I don't make these rules, I just try to live within them and not screw up too badly in the meantime. --[[User:The Iconoclast|The Iconoclast]] 11:03, 15 January 2011 (PST) | ||
==Re: "Fuzzy Door empire", Books for college, the “ObamaCable Box”& dorm-brothels== | |||
'''Getting money for writing and vanity publishing with the hope that it will net you money isn't the same thing and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone making a consequential amount through the second way'''.<br> | |||
Self-publishing is the new big thing in media. Although web-publishing may never replace the dead-tree format, many entrepreneurs have made a go of it. | |||
Some links for you: | |||
[http://www.writersdigest.com/selfpublished Annual WD S-P Awards]<br> | |||
[http://www.amazon.com/Window-ebook/dp/B001EJNMHE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1295423240&sr=1-1 Amazon Kindle] <br> | |||
I funded my first abortive attempt at schooling with a grant and it took years to pay off. To say nothing of two failed small businesses, my idiot brother's growing drug habit, and my largely stagnating writing career leaving me with massive debt. I hate asking for [[monthly tugboat|handouts]] and I won't be in debt to the government. The problem isn't the money; I'm trying to clear my good name and get the flag lifted on my records at my old alma mater. I was threatened with arrest jsut for asking to visit and use a CD burner on campus for my latest book project. These are really sick people who need to be removed from power. | |||
'''...I really hope you don’t think college is supposed to be like that.''' <br> | |||
"Suppose" and "is" are two very different animals, kiddo. --[[User:The Iconoclast|The Iconoclast]] 23:55, 18 January 2011 (PST) | |||
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>>Lets see: Widespread plagiarism artistic borrowing, a lack of artistic unity, a lack of professional quality in works that are presented as such (hello vanity publishing/sonichu copyright), self promotion in unrelated places, and a superpowered SI surrounded by boyfriend free girls women to make up for an underwhelming real life... Yeah, it's like I'm reading Sonichu© light. We've even got the same regurgitation of tv lines.
- As opposed to, say, Family Guy? Seth MacFarlane built his Fuzzy Door empire on such tropes. I'm just trying to sell enough books to fund my dream of going back to school. I want a life of buffet-style dining three times a day, faster Internet, a decent cable package instead of a crappy government ObamaCable box that only lets me have two channels, and beautiful random girls who call the men's dorms nightly for sex. Hey, that's how college works. I don't make these rules, I just try to live within them and not screw up too badly in the meantime. --The Iconoclast 11:03, 15 January 2011 (PST)
Re: "Fuzzy Door empire", Books for college, the “ObamaCable Box”& dorm-brothels
Getting money for writing and vanity publishing with the hope that it will net you money isn't the same thing and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone making a consequential amount through the second way.
Self-publishing is the new big thing in media. Although web-publishing may never replace the dead-tree format, many entrepreneurs have made a go of it.
Some links for you:
Annual WD S-P Awards
Amazon Kindle
I funded my first abortive attempt at schooling with a grant and it took years to pay off. To say nothing of two failed small businesses, my idiot brother's growing drug habit, and my largely stagnating writing career leaving me with massive debt. I hate asking for handouts and I won't be in debt to the government. The problem isn't the money; I'm trying to clear my good name and get the flag lifted on my records at my old alma mater. I was threatened with arrest jsut for asking to visit and use a CD burner on campus for my latest book project. These are really sick people who need to be removed from power.
...I really hope you don’t think college is supposed to be like that.
"Suppose" and "is" are two very different animals, kiddo. --The Iconoclast 23:55, 18 January 2011 (PST)