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Strategic Book Publishing: Florida AG Set to Begin Trial?

In Publishers, Robert Fletcher, Publishing, Self-Publishing, lawsuits, The Write Agenda, Vanity, Untraditional Publishing, Strategic Book Publishing, Legal Issues, Writers, Writer, Self-Published, lawsuit, Publisher, Self-Publish, Scams, Florida, Attorney General, strategic book publishing and rights agency on May 24, 2013 at 12:02 pm

An anonymous source has indicated to TWA that the Florida Attorney General may begin a trial against Publisher Robert Fletcher and his publishing entities. The source stated that the trial could begin in July and run through September.

Stay tuned.

A Question for Victoria Strauss . . . Why Has Writer Beware Not Reported This?

In Passion Blew, PASSION BLEW II: The Case Against Victoria Strauss, Passion Blew!: Scamming the John Steinbeck Estate: The Case Against Attorney Charles E. Petit The Former Attorney for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, The Write Agenda, Victoria Strauss, Writer, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 23, 2013 at 1:24 am

Victoria Strauss, please answer the question presented on the link below. Let’s count how long it takes for Victoria Strauss to respond . . . if at all. We will gladly post the reply. Victoria Strauss, stand behind the Writer Beware mantra:  ”Shining a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls.” Does that still apply to the attorney that represented you and the SFWA?

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Why Didn’t Writer Beware Report This Publishing SCAM??? You decide.

Cleo Voght! Who Are you? . . . Victoria Strauss Must be Drinking Kool-Aid

In Ann "A.C." Crispin, Ann Crispin, C. E. Petit, Charles E. Petit, Charles Emil Petit, Crispin, John Scalzi, John Steinbeck, P.N. Elrod, Passion Blew, PASSION BLEW II: The Case Against Victoria Strauss, Passion Blew!: Scamming the John Steinbeck Estate: The Case Against Attorney Charles E. Petit The Former Attorney for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Passion Blue, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, SFWA, The Write Agenda, Victoria Strauss, Writer, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 23, 2013 at 12:37 am

This is quite comical and on the verge of paranoia. Cleo Voght, whoever you are, please contact us confidentially here. LOL. Northern Indiana? Miss Vicky must be sharing an IV with the soon to be DEAD Ann “A.C.” Crispin. Seriously Victoria?

  • We’ve never contacted you . . . we have our own blog; we will FREELY continue to challenge you here.
  • True, you are not a “very-successful author.” Your books suck! True?
  • You DO bash people without facts. PROVEN
  • “Most of your bullshit is just a bitch with an angry opinion.” AGREE!
  • You are NOT a best-selling author. PROVEN!

These statements that have been attributed to The Write Agenda by the delusions of Victoria Strauss are nothing new; we’ve proudly made similar statements about Victoria Strauss. The author of this email never stated that he/she was affiliated with The Write Agenda. However, Victoria Strauss somehow attributed it to The Write Agenda. There would be no reason for The Write Agenda to contact Victoria Strauss covertly . . . we do it here on thewriteagenda.wordpress.com. May this serve as another example of Victoria Strauss, Ann “A.C.” Crispin & Writer Beware posting false information.

And, why is Victoria Strauss suddenly in “protective” mode? Ponder friends . . . do ponder.

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Here’s the entire message:

From:

cleo voght
cleovoght@yahoo.com

Message:
Victoria:

I contacted you once about a publishing issue and I almost thought you
knew what you were talking about. Before I took your council, I did my
own research. It turns out that you are a not-very-successful author
so you ply your craft bashing people in the industry with your
“opinions” and they are not fact based. I am also a journalist who has
been watching your Obama-like “I can say anything & the idiots have to
believe it” rhetoric. Your time has come. The internet is a powerful
tool. I have dozens and dozens of files on how rediculos your biased
opinions are. You are about to get exposed – BIGTIME. You think you
can slander people & companies with no recourse? Get ready. You call
yourself an author & watchdog. Get real, you are a bitter wanabe so
you use this as your payback for being a non sequietur in publishing.
You are right on a few “savior” efforts but most of your bullshit is
just a bitch with an angry opinion. GET READY – LOTS OF DATA COMING
ABOUT YOU & YOUR MOTIVATION. Oh wait – did I see you on a bestseller
list this month? Oppps NO……..

Akismet Spam Check: passed
Sent from (ip address): 173.17.204.152
(173-17-204-152.client.mchsi.com)
Date/Time: May 20, 2013 8:26 PM
Coming from (referer): http://www.victoriastrauss.com/contact/
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Chemo Therapy Taking Toll on Ann “A.C.” Crispin

In A.C., A.C. Crispin, Ann "A.C." Crispin, Ann Crispin, Steve Gould, Steven Gould, Strauss, Victoria Strauss, Writer, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 15, 2013 at 1:09 am

Ok, team . . . are we (The Write Agenda)  . . .  Ann “A.C.” Crispin’s “foremost hate site”? Yes, we did say that she supports gay marriage. . . (she does . . . undisputed).  Where did we say she was going to hell? Where did we call her a “faggot’? Where did we say that she was “morally corrupt”? Ann . . . we’re amused at how you make SHIT up. To read what we DID post go here. If you find that we called Ann “A.C.” Crispin a “faggot”, or that we found her  ”morally corrupt”  . . .  or that we ever stated that she was going to hell . . . contact us here. Ann, time to take a nap  . . . go to sleep . . . and die. Face your karma: DEATH.

Authors, this is a great example of what Ann “A.C.” Crispin, Victoria Strauss & Writer Beware have based their foundation on . . .  they make stuff up. This is another GREAT example of where things are quite different. These are the pictures . . . see what CANCER can do to you. Ann shut your pie hole.

Would it surprise you to know that I have enemies?If you’re familiar with Writer Beware’s work, probably not. In response to my post about attending my friends Anne and Kathy’s wedding, Writer Beware’s foremost hate site has gone berserk, announcing that since I support gay marriage, I’m (1) a “faggot,” (2) going to hell, (3) morally corrupt, yadda yadda yadda. You know the drill. This amuses me, and it brought back an old memory I thought I’d share with you, to give you a chuckle.Back when SAREK first came out, I had dedicated it to “Michael, with love.” Michael and I had just begun living together, and he’d been invaluable in helping me out, making dinners, cleaning up after, etc., so I’d have time to write. I was so happy to be in a (at last!) loving relationship that I got all misty-eyed just thinking about “My Guy” (remember that old song?).Well, the book had been out about a month, and of course I was checking the internet to see what people were saying about it, when one day I ran across a google search heading labeled, “A.C. Crispin — Gay?”
REFERENCES

Note to Victoria Strauss: Karma Will Bite You In The Ass!

In PASSION BLEW II: The Case Against Victoria Strauss, Passion Blew!: Scamming the John Steinbeck Estate: The Case Against Attorney Charles E. Petit The Former Attorney for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Victoria Strauss, Writer, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 2, 2013 at 2:31 am

 “Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.”

- Sakyong Mipham

It’s a shame that you don’t get it!

Author Ann “A.C.” Crispin Supports GAY Marriage

In 2013 SFWA Elections, 2013 SFWA Presidential Election, A.C., A.C. Crispin, Ann "A.C." Crispin, Ann Crispin, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 2, 2013 at 1:28 am

Author Ann”A.C.” Crispin stated on her Facebook page the following:

” . . . Michael and I went to Anne and Kathy’s wedding on Sunday. They’ve been together as a couple for 31 years! Now they’ve made it legal, thanks to the law passing in Maryland. It was a beautiful ceremony, so touching that I was really glad I wore waterproof mascara. After the ceremony, the fun began. They had games, and dancing, and a lovely brunch, and a rainbow cake. Michael and I danced, and I also danced with my son. Anne and Kathy first met at my baby shower in 1979, and here I was, dancing with my six foot son who was the reason they first met. Isn’t that cool? . . . It was the most fun and heartwarming wedding I’ve ever been to. God bless my friends, and I wish them many more happy years together.”

Sure Ann . . . gay marriage is “cool” . . .  very cool. We’re going to vomit.

“Rabbi Huna said in the name of Rabbi Joseph, ‘Thee generation of the Flood was not wiped out until they wrote marriage documents for the union of a man to a male or to an animal.’”

Genesis Rabbah 26:5; Leviticus Rabbah 23:9

Lev.18:22 “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.”

Lev.20:13 “And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

midrash, Sifra Aharei Mot 8:8–9, states that this refers to sexual customs, and that one of those customs was the marriage of women to each other, as well as a man to a woman and to her daughter. Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah, summarizes the matter as follows:[1]

For women to be mesollelot[vague] with one another is forbidden, as this is the practice of Egypt, which we were warned against: “Like the practice of the land of Egypt . . . you shall not do” (Leviticus 18:3). The Sages said [in the midrash of Sifra Aharei Mot 8:8–9], “What did they do? A man married a man, and a woman married a woman, and a woman married two men.” Even though this practice is forbidden, one is not lashed [as for a Torah prohibition] on account of it, since there is no specific prohibition against it, and there is no real intercourse. Therefore, [one who does this] is not forbidden to the priesthood because of harlotry, and a woman is not prohibited to her husband by this, since it is not harlotry. But it is appropriate to administer to them lashings of rebellion [i.e., those given for violation of rabbinic prohibitions], since they did something forbidden. And a man should be strict with his wife in this matter, and should prevent women known to do this from coming to her or from her going to them.

The dying Ann “A.C.Crispin replied here.

Is that SFWA Presidential Candidate Steven Gould?

Gould

REFERENCE

https://www.facebook.com/ann.crispin.5?fref=ts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_sexual_orientation

Victoria Strauss’ “Passion Blue” . . . The Negative Reviews Are Rolling In

In Passion Blew, PASSION BLEW II: The Case Against Victoria Strauss, Passion Blew!: Scamming the John Steinbeck Estate: The Case Against Attorney Charles E. Petit The Former Attorney for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Passion Blue, The Write Agenda, Victoria Strauss, Writer, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on May 2, 2013 at 12:32 am

“First, the author consistently uses the derogatory term “bastard” when what she means is the legal term ‘illegitimate’. ‘Bastard’ is a word that is intended to be a slur, to deliberately cause offense. The word ‘bastard’ has absolutely no place in a book aimed at young people. Why the author chose to use such an offensive term is anyone’s guess.” [Emphasis added.]

[TWA Note: Yes, and she likes to use the word "fuck" a lot too. Read here. Also, we warned parents about Victoria Strauss here.]

“My high school senior daughter did not enjoy Passion Blue. She tried reading it but it didn’t interest her so she never got much further than a chapter or two. I guess this is bound to happen at times.” [Emphasis added.]

” . . . This is someone so dumb she spends her life savings to buy a ‘magic’ talisman she thinks is guaranteed to find her a man to take care of her. And then even when it should be obvious the guy is a jerk, she still convinces herself he’s not right up until the end. As for the convent it seems more like summer camp or boarding school than an actual convent. The end also takes too long after we get to the foregone unsatisfying conclusion. Overall it was . . . unsatisfying.”[Emphasis added.]

“I would have liked to see some deeper development of characters.”

[TWA Note: You would think that Strauss would have developed this skill my now . . .  right?]

“Read the first five chapters, got bored, read the last two, and didn’t feel like I missed a thing. I know characters need a motive for doing things, but that’s no reason to beat the reader over the head with it!”

“I picked this up intrigued by the idea of the inner society of nuns and their work, but it ended up reading more like a fantasy novel. Not much depth and very little historical detail or feeling.”

“The story got boring for me and I had put it down for a few weeks, hoping that I could pick it back up and resume reading it, but my interest for it was lost.  And you know that when you get bored, you skip a few pages to see if things pick up?  Well, yeah.  I did that and also happened to spoil the rest of the book for myself and then the book was just completely ruined for me.  Sure, I’ve spoiled the endings of books I’ve read before, but no matter how hard I tried to keep my attention on to the page, I couldn’t do it.  Reading became arduous for me, and that’s not the reason why I read.  I’ve read and loved contemporaries before, so I can’t blame Passion Blue for the lack of action the reason why I didn’t like it.” [Emphasis added.]

REFERENCES

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Passion Blue. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Blue-Victoria-Strauss/product-reviews/0761462309/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_two?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addTwoStar&showViewpoints=0

Another Good Reason for Parents to Say “F You!” to Victoria Strauss’ next book “Passion Blue” | The Write Agenda™. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/another-good-reason-for-parents-to-say-f-you-to-victoria-strauss-next-book-passion-blue/

Millie D’s Words: Passion Blue by Victoria Strauss. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://milliedswords.blogspot.com/2013/01/passion-blue-by-victoria-strauss.html

Passion Blew!: Scamming the John Steinbeck Estate: The Case Against Attorney Charles E. Petit The Former Attorney for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America: The Friends of Nancy Steinbeck: 9781482095159: Amazon.com: Books. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Blew-Scamming-Steinbeck-Attorney/dp/1482095157

Passion Blue by Victoria Strauss – Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14843862-passion-blue

Victoria Strauss Drops F-Bomb, Ann “A.C.” Crispin Thinks it’s OK: How Publishing Watchdogs Demonstrate Their Arrogance and Supremacy for Standards | The Write Agenda™. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/victoria-strauss-drops-f-bomb-ann-%E2%80%9Ca-c-%E2%80%9Dcrispin-thinks-it%E2%80%99s-ok-how-publishing-watchdogs-demonstrate-their-arrogance-and-supremacy-for-standards/

2013 SFWA ELECTION COVERAGE: The Scalzi Legacy . . . What a Moron!

In 2013 SFWA Elections, 2013 SFWA Presidential Election, A.C., A.C. Crispin, Ann "A.C." Crispin, Ann Crispin, John Scalzi, Theodore Beale, Vox Day, Watchdog, Writer Beware, Writer Beware & Others, Writers on April 25, 2013 at 7:29 pm


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 Outlaw X April 25, 2013 1:02 PM

Vox I don’t get it. the wallpaper?

 dh April 25, 2013 1:03 PM

He sure seems like the type of guy who posts pictures of rainbows and small animals to his livejournal.

 The Gray Man April 25, 2013 1:05 PM

The best part is knowing that he is proud of that shirt and logo.

What a sad, sad little manboob.

 jack April 25, 2013 1:06 PM

He actually looks a little slimmer in this photo. Maybe thats why it was posted? I suppose you have to just go with the flow and embrace your inner rabbit. Possibly some sort of Zen thing….

 Josh April 25, 2013 1:06 PM

If he’s trying to agree and amplify, he’s doing it wrong.

What are the odds he lets mrs scalzi use a purple saguaro on him?

 TheExpat April 25, 2013 1:07 PM

Vox I don’t get it. the wallpaper?

L for Lambda?

 Razoraid April 25, 2013 1:07 PM

What? I thought this was going to be a gardening piece. Little phallic crops and all that.

 Josh April 25, 2013 1:08 PM

Also, his shirt is at least one size too big.

 CurlytopApril 25, 2013 1:11 PM

A pic= 1000 words seems a bit inadequate here.

RINO April 25, 2013 1:13 PM

Is this real life?

 CynicAle April 25, 2013 1:16 PM

The wallpaper is from a video interview he did. Yes, he wore Gamma Rabbit to a press interview.

Much like Randall in Clerks 2 he is quixotically trying to take it back

 A. Man’s Man April 25, 2013 1:17 PM

He is sexy as hell.

 ScottApril 25, 2013 1:19 PM

I keep expecting this to get old and it isn’t. It’s getting more humorous.

 rycamorApril 25, 2013 1:21 PM

I believe this is called “owning it”.

 AnonymousApril 25, 2013 1:23 PM

My brain just broke.

 AlexanderApril 25, 2013 1:24 PM

Well damn…

 CheddarmanApril 25, 2013 1:27 PM

Also, his shirt is at least one size too big. – Josh

that would be camouflage for the man boobs

 Edward TrimnellApril 25, 2013 1:27 PM

Vox, he’s beaten you yet again!!!!!

He’s a middle-aged man wearing a pink, sexually ambiguous bunny design. But I bet *you* feel pretty silly right now, don’t you? He’s lording over you.

*When* will you learn to stop opposing him?

 PipApril 25, 2013 1:27 PM

Is this an example of “agree and amplify”?

 Outlaw XApril 25, 2013 1:29 PM

The wallpaper is from a video interview he did.

So the wallpaper is random? Hrmmm. My problem has always been I already know the subject and am always looking for the back story. Sorry.

 IM2L844April 25, 2013 1:33 PM

“It’s such an inspired idea…Everything is falling into place”

BWAHAHA….HAHAHA…HAHAHAHA!!!!

Thanks. Just when I really needed coffee to come blasting out of my nostrils, you come through like a real friend.

 Will BestApril 25, 2013 1:34 PM

I feel like he should be placed in a padded room so he doesn’t hurt himself.

 tzApril 25, 2013 1:36 PM

The wallpaper looks like an old English letter “L”, and maybe with the line in the middle. I hope he got a good pounding.

The caption might be appropriate since I don’t expect him to multiply.

 RetrenchedApril 25, 2013 1:40 PM

Every time I see that gay looking rabbit that song gets stuck in my head.

 LudovicApril 25, 2013 1:42 PM

You did say we are living in the post-parody era.

 patrick kellyApril 25, 2013 1:42 PM

“He sure seems like the type of guy who posts pictures of rainbows and small animals to his livejournal.”

Hey, I gotz bunnies and butterflies as my windoze wallpaper to balance out all the rage and dispair.

Whiskey also helps.

 JCclimberApril 25, 2013 1:42 PM

Vox,
can you modify the post a little? It doesn’t actually mention his name in the text, and the rabbits may not count it toward the total needed for their donations.

I mean, don’t you care about the gay black female orphan girls getting their maximum donations from the rabbits?

 MattApril 25, 2013 1:47 PM

Vox, this is just cruel. He’s practically an exhibit at a Victorian-era freak show, except his deformity is self-inflicted.

 tzApril 25, 2013 1:48 PM

I don’t think he would hurt either himself or others, at least not physically. That is the entire point.

Every so often a movie comes out that is so bad I want to root for the bad guys because the protagonist is just so stupid, annoying, and/or reckless that you want him to lose life, limb, or property as the storyline is screaming to heaving that such would be a just outcome.

I never thought life would imitate art in this case.

But I do remember the comments of those who know nothing of the controversy when they first see the image. “Creepy” was one of the responses.

Marvel nor DC comics has ever had a mutant whose superpower was to be a universal victim.

This is in your face “I want you to do something bad to me so I can whine and moan and complain”.

Masochism without the Eros, and at the level of the intellect.

We haven’t seen the back of the shirts, but it would not be inconsistent if there were letters asking “Kick Me!”.

Can you be a victim if you induce someone to engage? (I don’t mean the feminist postaldeconstructionism or whatever they call their insane rantings and ravings, I mean those who lack both insanity and imbecility).

 JCclimberApril 25, 2013 1:49 PM

Agree and amplify done all wrong.

The real problem is that agree and amplify only works if you have the alpha mindset already embedded in your bones. And the alpha mindset would ensure that no one would ever get the neckhole of a shirt like that over your head. Much less voluntarily wearing it for an interview.

I must admit that this is much more amusing to me than is properly christian. I suppose I should pity the poor deluded little gamma, but I seem to be lacking the proper amount of christian charity.

 TadApril 25, 2013 1:49 PM

I’d bang him.

 MattApril 25, 2013 1:49 PM

And his shirt is wildly oversized in the shoulders, which on his frame is an egregious inadvertent cultural gamma signifier even without the shirt’s actual content.

 RINOApril 25, 2013 1:51 PM

Also, his shirt is at least one size too big.

He’s likely anticipating iminent weight gain.

 VDApril 25, 2013 1:56 PM

He does look like he’s lost a chin. Clearly all the angst and stress has been good for him.

 IM2L844April 25, 2013 1:59 PM

Oh my. Just watched the video…I’d never seen him speak before. How can his wife not realize he’s closeted? Or is he out now?

 tzApril 25, 2013 1:59 PM

I must admit that this is much more amusing to me than is properly christian. I suppose I should pity the poor deluded little gamma, but I seem to be lacking the proper amount of christian charity.

This is like watching someone who is falling down drunk – it is very comical, yet is self-induced. Like alcoholism, he has to hit rock bottom for there to be any hope, but his codependent warren keeps affirming him and his esteem. Pity is not proper for those who voluntarily become whatever you find pitiable.

Realize that for him to be saved, something far more comic and painful will have to occur than has so far, but things appear to be progressing nicely.

 SaltApril 25, 2013 2:02 PM

And to think, he’s president of SFWA.

 Conan the Cimmerian, King of AquiloniaApril 25, 2013 2:04 PM

He is a “catcher” and not a “pitcher”, obviously.

 Outlaw XApril 25, 2013 2:04 PM

I’d bang him.

You can’t he has colon cancer and his butt has been sowed up. You could try banging his stoma. Jeeze you are sick, I can match your two pair with a full house.

 Conan the Cimmerian, King of AquiloniaApril 25, 2013 2:05 PM

I swear I saw him and his boyfriend on an episode of House Hunters that Mrs. Cimmerian was watching.

 BeauApril 25, 2013 2:05 PM

John Scalzi – the literary Honey Boo Boo.

Both he and Honey Boo Boo are products of the Female Imperative.

 ThalesApril 25, 2013 2:08 PM

Or is he out now?

He’s out now…whether he knows it or not…

 Conan the Cimmerian, King of AquiloniaApril 25, 2013 2:10 PM

He should just come out of the closet and stop with the lavender/sham marriage.

 Aeoli PeraApril 25, 2013 2:10 PM

CynicAle used “quixotic” more perspicaciously than he probably realized. Our generation needs a Cervantes to lampoon the genre of white knight fairy tales.

 LP 999/ElizaApril 25, 2013 2:11 PM

Recall, “Life is life”…what a hilarious pic, love it. Cutesy.

 JIApril 25, 2013 2:14 PM

That’s John Scalzi? How sad. Poor guy does not look happy.

 RobertTApril 25, 2013 2:17 PM

That’s not wallpaper, that’s hanging cloth. And he’s wearing a mic. So the entire layout is: he’s sitting in front of an audience, in front of a goofy background, wearing that shirt, giving a talk or responding to questions. Maybe the L stands for lesbian. It’s certainly not a Rotary club.

 FerdApril 25, 2013 2:21 PM

As Sheldon is wont to do…John is waiting, in his fav chair, for a time machine to come scoop him up and transport him to the future!!

 DanielApril 25, 2013 2:21 PM

Whoa.

Now you have taken to dressing him.

Not unlike how Hannibal Lecter might dress a “turkey.”

Apparently undressing him in public wasn’t good enough for you? Why do you do continue to force him into these corners?

McRapey is not your personal Barbie doll to manipulate and pose. He’s man, dammit, with feelings and at least a partially intact uterus.

It is interesting that he literally appears on the other side of the human division.

 Noah B.April 25, 2013 2:22 PM

Not quite enough creep factor. T-shirt needs a caption: “Are feeling Rapey too?”

 BungholioApril 25, 2013 2:24 PM

He looks like he was just propositioned.

 Henry GeorgeApril 25, 2013 2:30 PM

His expression says: “THIS is my royalty check for Redshirts? Hon, is Barnes & Noble still hiring baristas?”

 ScintanApril 25, 2013 2:33 PM

Seriously, how does he not see it?

 DanielApril 25, 2013 2:34 PM

Can you even begin to imagine the horror that his last victim felt, being intimately violated while staring at that half-naked groping cartoon rabbit the entire time?

Or, maybe, just maybe, she lucked out, and instead he left the shirt on.

 Conan the Cimmerian, King of AquiloniaApril 25, 2013 2:35 PM

Let me correct that for you Daniel,

Or, maybe, just maybe, he lucked out, and instead he left the shirt on.

 Protect the WarrenApril 25, 2013 2:38 PM

Now I understand what the wabbit is saying -

“STOP! Have you been tested lately?”

 Ah, manApril 25, 2013 2:40 PM

Everything is falling into place.

 DanielApril 25, 2013 2:40 PM

Huh, he said his victims were women. Is “women” a code word something? I can’t imagine him overpowering any males, except the smallest of children.

What are you suggesting?

 daddynicholApril 25, 2013 2:41 PM

From the mildly pained expression his face, I think he’s sitting on his adult baby potty training chair trying to pass a huge one.

Yeah, I know that pretty junior high, but I feel especially snarky today.

 PorkyApril 25, 2013 2:42 PM

I like him.

Then again I like colostomy bags.

 DanielApril 25, 2013 2:49 PM

“Hi!” writes Scalzi, “I’m a rapist. I’m one of those men who likes to force myself on women without their consent or desire and then batter them sexually.”

It is an interesting construct of the rape process. Scalzi does it in two phases:

1) forcing himself on women (without consent, as opposed to all those non-rapists who force themselves on women with consent)

2) battering them sexually

(one presumes step 3 is …profit!)

Nevertheless, is he incapable somehow of battering with the force he uses in step 1? It seems his rapes are exceedingly delicate affairs of violence, in that sexual battery follows sexual force, and is not part and parcel of it.

Perhaps he means “batter” in another sense.

For a rapist, he sure uses a lot of indirect language.

In the future, he should let the rabbit explain his rapes.

 A Real Scalzi Fan. Not Sigyn. Nope, not even close.April 25, 2013 2:52 PM

OMG this cyberbullying must stop at once! Can’t you see that he’s wasting away from the stress and misery? He can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t rape…

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU RSHD’s!?

You probably all have really small penises, but you’ll never prove otherwise because I’d never sleep with any of you. Take THAT!!!

 Ginseng KhanApril 25, 2013 2:54 PM

Ah, the ol’ Vox/Scazli Feud.  We have to define what “winning” means.  If it means “appearing petty and obsessive” a point goes to Vox.  If it means “giving no indication that one is still aware his nemesis even exists” then a point to Scalzi.

 Mr. Zero Star Rating From Amazon.comApril 25, 2013 2:55 PM

Scalzi never rapes boys or black people. He’s a homophobic, racist dipshit.

 SigynApril 25, 2013 2:56 PM

…I think I hurt myself…

 MarkkuApril 25, 2013 2:57 PM

If it means “giving no indication that one is still aware his nemesis even exists” then a point to Scalzi. 

What a fascinating claim, considering that both gamma and rabbit are terms that are unique to Vox.

 Nite OwlApril 25, 2013 2:58 PM

Marvel nor DC comics has ever had a mutant whose superpower was to be a universal victim. – tz

I do remember the story in the “Watchmen” movie about the would-be villain demanding the heroes to punish him. Apparently, Rohrschach complies by tossing him down an elevator shaft.

 A. ManApril 25, 2013 3:01 PM

Let me get this straight. I look up this guy and it turns out he’s among the top 100 authors on Amazon. His latest Sci fi book is #5000 overall on amazon. A book that isn’t even in circulation yet ranks at 3000 on Amazon. Vox Day isn’t ranked among Amazon’s best selling authors and his latest book comes in ranked just below 900,000.

So, he’s ranks and ladders and levels above Vox Day in their chosen profession and genre in terms of success and popularity and he’s being mocked?

How interesting.

 Ah, manApril 25, 2013 3:02 PM

” If it means “giving no indication that one is still aware his nemesis even exists” then a point to Scalzi”

“Giving no indication”? Which, of course, is why in interviews he wears a t shirt which exists solely because of the dustup between him and VD.

 MarkkuApril 25, 2013 3:02 PM

A. Man: Couldn’t help but notice that the saddled dinosaur picture you were bitching about the other day was uploaded by one John Scalzi. Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

 A. ManApril 25, 2013 3:04 PM

“”Giving no indication”? Which, of course, is why in interviews he wears a t shirt which exists solely because of the dustup between him and VD.”

It looks to me like he’s having his own fun with Vox Day and the one dong the real mocking. It is after all a shot of him being interviewed by the LA Times, whereas Vox Day is chirping on about the man by invitation of … well, his own blog.

I think Scalzi wins.

 Nite OwlApril 25, 2013 3:04 PM

Closest thing I could find inside a minute of searching.

 AnonymousApril 25, 2013 3:07 PM

“Couldn’t help but notice that the saddled dinosaur picture you were bitching about the other day was uploaded by one John Scalzi. Just a coincidence, I’m sure.”

The Image You've Slogged Through the Whole Set to See

 MorkApril 25, 2013 3:08 PM

The gayest photo yet?

Gamma Uke!

 DanielApril 25, 2013 3:10 PM

Repeated without comment:
A. Man
It looks to me like he’s having his own fun with Vox Day and the one dong the real mocking. 

++++

Also:

If it means “giving no indication that one is still aware his nemesis even exists” then a point to Scalzi.

Way to go, Russian judge. I think wearing message apparel that the nemesis psychically designed in honor of Scalzi’s crimes against women is “no indication” then I agree with you.

John Scalzi is Nadia Comaneci.

 SigynApril 25, 2013 3:13 PM

So, he’s ranks and ladders and levels above Vox Day in their chosen profession and genre in terms of success and popularity and he’s being mocked? 

Judge a man’s worth by his popularity. Way to go, A. Rabbit!

…By the way, doesn’t this mean that you’re a COMPLETE loser here, since nobody likes you?

 bwApril 25, 2013 3:13 PM

If a face/body could sink a thousand ships..

 anon123April 25, 2013 3:14 PM

In the words of another great rabbit, “what a maroon!”

REFERENCES

http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/04/posted-without-comment.html#comment-form

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 When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

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As most of you know by now, John Scalzi is stepping down as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at the end of his term, which concludes on June 30. On July 1, the organization will have a new president. Theodore Beale and Steven Gould have both announced that that they are running for the position. Steven Gould’s announcement made John Scalzi “happy” and he “fully and unreservedly” endorsed him for President of the SFWA. This has been the extent of Steven Gould’s “campaign” for the SFWA Presidency. If you’re Steven Gould, the strategy is simple: post a vague platform by the deadline, receive an endorsement from the outgoing president and then . . .  say or do nothing else. Then what? Anticipate a landslide victory? We think not. We think that this will be the most heavily voted election in the SFWA’s history.

Gould’s lack of campaigning raises many questions. His laid-back campaign (i.e. say or do nothing else ) and lack of proactively should serve as a warning; more of the same? Gould appears to be the proverbial yes-man.

Scalzi, who has had an ongoing feud with Beale, posted an endorsement for Gould that is transparent and lacks credibility. Beale, by contrast, has been very proactive and continues to campaign for the position. This is the perfect time for a shake up within the SFWA and Writer Beware™. It is readily apparent that change within the SFWA and Writer Beware™ is both timely and necessary.  Change would bring about more responsible reporting of literary scams and move Writer Beware™ back into a credible and worthwhile resource for the publishing industry; something that it has lacked for a long time.

Public criticism of the internal processes and workings of the SFWA (and Writer Beware™) are vital to this election process. It is rare for those within the SFWA to be so openly critical. Nevertheless, it should prove to be quite entertaining to monitor. Considering that Scalzi was voted in on only 11% of the members votes, hopefully this will result in a higher voter turnout.

 A Woman’s View of “Vox Day”

Aha! you say. You’re one of those virulent feminists who hates Vox Day! I’m not, to be honest. …. I … discovered … how very coldly logical he was, and in a way that most people couldn’t follow. This led me to believe that Vox Day is a master . . . who directs the dichotomous thinking of others . . . most people, I’ve found, are black and white thinkers, even if they boast high intelligence…. He also approaches fantasy in the way I prefer it–as a scholar… his historical perspective is very well done…. At the end of the day, what one needs to bring heart to one’s parched modernity is a warrior scholar.[Emphasis added.]

Jill Domschot

 Theodore Beale, while being the first to throw his hat in the ring, clearly is the underdog and “minority” in this election,   He was born during 1968, is an American writer, sometimes using the pseudonym Vox Day. He has also designed computer games and been a musician.

Beale graduated from Bucknell University in 1990. Between 1992 and 1994 he was a member of the electronic band Psykosonik, which recorded two Billboard Top 40 club play hits. In 1993, together with Andrew Lunstad, he founded a video game company named Fenris Wolf. They developed the game Rebel Moon in 1995, and its sequel Rebel Moon Rising in 1997. Fenris Wolf was developing two games,Rebel Moon Revolution and Traveler for the Sega Dreamcast, when it closed in 1999 after a legal dispute with its retail publisher GT Interactive. In 1999, under the name Eternal Warriors, Beale and Lunstad released The War in Heaven, a biblical video game published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive.

In 2000, Beale published The War in Heaven, the first in a series of fantasy novels with a religious theme, entitled The Eternal Warriors which are “about good versus evil among angels, fallen and otherwise”. The third in the series was published in 2006. Beale is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and was a member of the Nebula Award Novel Jury in 2007. He is a contributor to the Black Gate blog, and under his pseudonym Vox Day, he wrote a weekly video game review column and other features for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He presently uses the pen name for a conservative blog and a weekly opinion column at World Net Daily (where his father was formerly a board member) and in the past was nationally syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

In 2008, as Vox Day, he published The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, a nontheological book devoted to criticizing the arguments presented in various books by atheist authors Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Michel Onfray. The book was named a 2007 Christmas recommendation by the conservative magazine, National Review. Beale’s 2008 book, Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy, was nominated for an American Christian Fiction Writers award in 2009.

Beale holds the design patent for WarMouse, a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.

Beale speaks German and Italian. He has three children.

Theodore Beale’s Books as sole author:

A Throne of Bones (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6

A Magic Broken (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6

The Return of the Great Depression (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1

The Irrational Atheist (2008) ISBN 978-1-933771-36-6

Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7

The Wrath of Angels (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1

The World in Shadow (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3

The War in Heaven (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8

We are confident that Theodore Beale will put the needs of the organization first — and do the work so that the organization’s needs are addressed.

Theodore Beale is an agent of change, but this is not why we are endorsing him. We’re endorsing him because we have reviewed John Scalzi’s term as President (here, here, here and here) and we know the set of skills that one needs to succeed in the position. Simply put, Theodore Beale has them. He is the right person for the job. He has our vote, and if you are SFWA member, we hope that you will give him your vote as well. Beale is the “warrior scholar”  . . .  give him your vote!

REFERENCES

Bucknell University. (n.d.). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucknell_University

Psykosonik. (n.d.). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psykosonik

Rebel Moon Rising. (n.d.). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Moon_Rising

Theodore Beale Starting to Look “Presidential”: How Not to be SFWA President | The Write Agenda™. (n.d.). The Write Agenda™ | We scrutinize claims made by others in the publishing industry to evaluate the transparency and accuracy of their reporting. Retrieved from http://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/theodore-beale-starting-to-look-presidential-how-not-to-be-sfwa-president/

Theodore Beale Still Looking “Presidential”: How Not to be SFWA President II | The Write Agenda™. (n.d.). The Write Agenda™ | We scrutinize claims made by others in the publishing industry to evaluate the transparency and accuracy of their reporting. Retrieved from http://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/theodore-beale-still-looking-presidential-how-not-to-be-sfwa-president-ii/

Vox Day, His Latest Book, and the Hinterlands Imprint. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://jilldomschot.com/2013/03/14/vox-day-his-latest-book-and-the-hinterlands-imprint/