From: Eric Jablow <ejablow at cox.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: How to sell books.....
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:40:36 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:21 AM, Mike B. wrote:

> At 1/12/2006 07:44 PM, Eric Jablow wrote:
>> what Harlan Ellison pointed out as an extreme
>> example of the idiot plot.
>
> "Guy vs. evil corporate managers, while the rest of the population
> does
> nothing to improve their lives."  Way too realistic...

No, it's the "Marshal allows assassins to get off their
spaceship and enter the mining base without
stopping them at the airlock."

It's the "Mining union refuses to protect their workers
against corporate managers."  A mining union?  Let's
all sing, "In Harlan County there are no neutrals here.
You're either a union man or a thug for Sheriff Blair."

It's the "Doctor doesn't know about lividity when drawing
blood from the dead miner."

>> Now, ask Oprah how to market books....
>
> Who?

You haven't read about how the latest book she's featured
has turned out to be fake?

Respectfully,
Eric Jablow