Hack Again you Drunk

Via Hotair, you'd have to be an inhuman monster not to laugh at, mock, and taunt Hillary! as she breaks down while reading the victory speech she'd intended to give on election night 2016. This woman deserves none of our sympathy. Hillary! has no soul. Bash the late Bob Dole all you want, but just a few months after losing the election, he was at the White House cracking jokes about it, 'I, Robert J Dole...' he began to great laughter. Cough again you high functioning drunk. Pass out and be tossed into the back of a van. 

The Washington Examiner has a long piece about Jews and Israelis being shutout of the publishing industry 'the literary world writ large appears to have an Israel problem.' No kidding? The piece goes on at some length about award ceremonies, writer's groups, author organizations etc etc...The trad published author's need for these things astonishes this highly successful and talented writer. Or does it? We say publish yourself and write whatever you want. 

Jews are increasingly problematic for the publishing industry. The modern Israeli is no victim. He is a victor. The Israelis ruthlessly hunt down terrorist masterminds, bomb the hell out of their enemies and stand ready to rain biblical level destruction on Iran. Of course Israel has a vast nuclear weapons stockpile. These are not acceptable Jews to the Manhattan smart set. Netanyahu is nothing like Woody Allen or Steven Spielberg. Aerial Sharon was the greatest Jew since Moses. 

And the Jew is clever. Just read this article from The Times of Israel about the new Gaza wall, 'The barrier is made up of several components: an underground reinforced concrete wall that is studded with sensors to detect tunnels; a 20-foot (six-meter) steel fence; a network of radar arrays and other surveillance sensors; and remote-controlled weaponry.' All that's missing is crocodile filled moat. That's just the stuff they're telling us about. 

Will stays Jewey. Military History Matters, for whom we published a piece on Pershing and the AEF a few years ago, just sent us the proof for our latest upcoming article, The Battle of the Chinese Farm, during the Yom Kippur War. It looks great, of course. We are very good at what we do. Wonder if they need anything else?

While talking with the English editor above we've been colluding with our Russian editor. Actually, no we haven't. We've warned the Kremlin that we won't touch the Ukraine matter for them and don't even feel comfortable writing about domestic issues at the moment. This will pass, hopefully. We won't die for Donetsk, but Let's Go Ukraine! You see, one can believe Ukraine isn't our fight and still root for them. If that's our sentiment, maybe we shouldn't be writing for Inforos at all.

Publish This!

The Mad Genius Club blogs about problems in the publishing industry. This struck us about the head: 

But there’s another problem with the statement. It completely ignores the fact that trad publishing isn’t the only arm of the industry. Mind you, that’s not uncommon. Many of those involved in what we now look at as trad publishing turn a blind eye to indie publishing and would really like it if we’d all go away. After all, we haven’t paid our dues. We write too fast. We write dreck instead of meaningful works that will bring “enlightened understanding” and unity to our nation. And–gasp–we don’t charge nearly enough for our work.

Hahahahahah....The big five publishing houses can't stop publishing vampire and chick lit. Enlightened understanding and meaning indeed.

This blog remains baffled as to why anyone would want to go the trad publishing route. Lemme tell you young, aspiring authors how your Manhattan editor will see you. Let's say one of the big publishing house imprints accepts your book. Great. Now you'll spend the next year in editing hell doing rewrites. You see, they're not publishing your book, they're taking your book and using you to re-write it into their book. See the difference? We'll try another way just in case we're not getting through to you young fellaa: 

Editor: We have accepted your book for publication.

Young Sap: Great! Oh my god I just wish granny were here to see this. She gave me her love of books and...

Editor: Now rewrite it exactly the way we say. I'm thinking your protagonist should be trans...

You're just a tool. In return for publishing the work you re-wrote into something they wanted, the publisher will print a thousand copies and maybe get it on the shelf at B&N next to the JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer* and pay you maybe a 15% royalty.

Young Sap: But...but...Think of all the publisher can do for you, editing....

Will: I just finished Mamelukes and found typos. I've found typos in big fancy history books. So don't try that 'sefl' publishing crap with me. There is no such thing as a perfect book.

Young Sap: But they can market and...

Will: Is your name James Patterson? No? Ok. They're not going to market your book. That costs money. That means risk. The publisher who just made you re-write the book you lost sleep over isn't taking a risk for you. Sorry.

Young Sap: Book signings....

Will: Like sitting alone at a table in a bookstore, do you? Again, is your name James Patterson?

Young Sap: But I really just wanna see my book on the shelf and...

Will: I've seen my books on the shelf, the thrill lasts about five seconds. I have a pic somewhere that I can't be bothered to find.

So eschew the big publishing houses, young fella. Just do it yourself. It's not that big a deal. There are all kinds of ways to do it. Oh look, we just put two previously unpublished articles about the Cambodian War up on Substack....

*Spent a whole summer writing Twilight! Took us two years to write A Line Through the Desert. [You bitter knobhead-Ed]