SFWA: The Reign of President Steven Gould has Begun.
https://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/sfwa-the-reign-of-president-steven-gould-has-begun/
https://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/sfwa-the-reign-of-president-steven-gould-has-begun/
Jim Hines – Jun. 18th, 2013 10:58 pm
Yeh, Jim . . . this is the before and after pictures of Ann “A.C.” Crispin. What’s your problem? Is this the cancer patient that you were referring to? “Taking potshots at a cancer patient’s appearance . . . ” What the hell . . . you can’t utter the words . . . Ann Crispin? Speak it you flying monkey. It’s real. We can certainly appreciate that when you live and work in fiction . . . true reality is hard to grasp for people like you.
Seems like the Screenplay by Roy C. Booth and Rachael Saltzman still isn’t going anywhere. No contact with Facebook users since January 2013. In addition, there has been numerous (failed) attempts to fund this project. We’re still amazed that James Macdonald, Victoria Strauss & Ann “A.C.” Crispin have not stepped up to fund this project. Since they’ve promoted it heavily, is it just the fact that their book royalties are so low that they cannot afford it? No Blockbusters here.
References
http://thewriteagenda.blogspot.com/p/atlanta-nights.html
https://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/atlanta-nights/
Who were the “players” behind Atlanta Nights?
The authors of the chapters of this book include:
NOTE: Follow the Money . . .
The book and the story behind it were optioned for a film in February 2011 by producing team Roy C. Booth and Rachael Saltzman, who were also slated to co-write and co-direct the film. The options money has gone to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund. Production was tentatively scheduled to begin August 2011, but on 16 May 2011 the crowd funding campaign ended without reaching its goal.
Oh . . . my . . . you figure it out!
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Reference:
http://www.stopthegrbullies.com/2013/06/22/macallister-stone-or-lisa-l-spangenberg/
Macallister Stone or Lisa L. Spangenberg?
For all those who don’t know who Macallister Stone is, we featured her on our post, The Banning of Robin Sullivan where she banned Robin for making a point on an AW forum and backing it up with facts and figures. When she banned her, her ban message said:
As it turns out, the point that Robin made was correct and has been proven two years later since this all went down. So, basically, Mac banned her because she didn’t want to hear what Robin had to say.
Okay, so… why are we bringing this up? Because we just received a link to a site called The Write Agenda (who btw have an entire category dedicated to uncle Jimmy Boy) that has apparently discovered Macallister Stone’s real identity. The title of the post is Lisa L. Spangenberg: Fact or Fiction? The post starts off saying:
From a tip on Alexa: Lisa L. Spangenberg is the real admin and owner of Absolute Write, she runs the show and not the phony Macallister Stone. Note on her blog, and elsewhere, that she lives in Seattle area: http://about.me/lisaspangenberg
But when you learn of her husband, Michael Cohen (see proof below) who lives in Santa Monica, investigative searching takes you to:
http://ca.trace-calls.com/business/digital-medievalist-santa-monica-3107945011-id-645965-zb3k3oqlh
Well, what do you know! Lisa Spangenberg in Santa Monica. Yes, that’s her. The AW Big Cheese, hiding out in Santa Monica while pretending to be in Seattle. She notes a PO Box in Seattle area just for show. And we know Macallister Stone’s address is a storage place. Has anyone ever seen Macallister Stone? Has she ever attended a writer’s conference? No, and no. She has no real existence. There is one photograph associated with her name on Flickr, that’s it. There is a blogwhich stopped running years ago, probably because Lisa got tired of keeping it going. What better way to take the heat off oneself for lawsuits if people don’t know where you live, and don’t even know you are the real admin/owner of the site.
To read more, go to this link.
We thought this would be of interest to some of our site visitors who’ve been viciously attacked by Mac/Lisa in the past. If you have grounds for a lawsuit, now you know where to serve her papers.
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An addendum:
This just keeps getting better and better!
If you go to Lisa L. Spangenberg’s GR profile, you will see a few familiar names. First, the people Lisa follows:
And then the people who are her “fans”:
Actually, one particular “fan” of interest:
If you check out Mac’s profile, you will again see some familiar names when you look at the people she follows (three of which on our Biggest Offenders list):
But wait! There’s more!
Check out Mac’s ratings/reviews of Lisa’s books, here:
And here:
And there you have it folks! If anyone asks you about the connection between Absolute Write and the GR bullies, this is it!
Hello Friends!
It’s been awhile since we’ve looked at the Amazon Sales Rankings of “Author,” self-proclaimed “Scam Hunter,”* and unceremoniously released Harper Collins author . . . Victoria Strauss.
The Garden of the Stone
2,108,602
Passion Blue
828,911 (Our Passion Blew II (Passion Blew II: The Case Against Victoria Strauss, Ann “A.C.” Crispin . Writer Beware & Others is right behind Strauss’ Passion Blue. )
The Burning Land
2,041,371
Awakened City
2,165,706
The Arm of the Stone
3,362,474
Guardian of the Hills
4,804,733
Worldstone
4,631,343
Lady of Rhuddesme
9,117,230
Amazon Rankings
Rank | Copies Sold/day |
1 | 3000 |
10 | 650 |
100 | 100 |
1000 | 13 |
10,000 | 2.2 (11 copies every 5 days) |
100,000 | 0.2 (1 copy every 5 days) |
1,000,000 | 0.006 (3 copies every 500 days) |
2,000,000 | 0.0001 (1 copy every 1000 days) |
Do you really choose to get your “publishing” information from an “author” that has not proven her validity in the publishing market? Strauss may be a “hero” within the Kool-Aid drinking . . . Flying monkey community. However, in terms of mass market appeal . . . i.e., the actual “reading” community . . . the individuals that really “buy” books . . . not the sympathetic purchases from the Flying Monkeys . . . Strauss has been and continues to be a literary flop! Strauss has yet to show her royalty statements (like Jim Hines has) and validate her status as an author that should be taken seriously.
*Note that the scam hunting is selective . . . they (Victoria Strauss, Ann “A.C.” Crispin, Writer Beware and the SFWA do not report the publishing scams that were perpetrated by their own attorney. See John Steinbeck Family Defrauded by Writer Beware™ & SFWA Attorney: The 2007 Scam that Writer Beware™ Didn’t Report . . . Why?
STGRB . . . a site worth a look.
http://www.stopthegrbullies.com/
http://www.stopthegrbullies.com/2013/02/27/the-banning-of-robin-sullivan/