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A Possible Warning For People.
6 months ago
IMAGINATION IS A MUSCLE...THE MORE YOU TRAIN IT THE MORE YOU GET RESULTS. DON'T GIVE UP.
I am sorry to bring this up, especially after so long. I haven’t posted a journal entry in a while.
But there is something that I admit I find NOT NORMAL to stay polite.
A few months ago,
contacted me to work on one or several stories for an anthology named “Work Fur Hire”.
Since the subject was helping people find work, I admit I was tempted, even though one of our dogs was very sick. We talked, and he showed interest in my situation with being a person with a disability and job interviews. It could have helped some people, and I started to think about some ideas.
So I asked him about my payment, which made him nervous, and he told me that he couldn’t pay me as he didn’t have the means. I just said okay and apologized, but I only work for free for friends on short projects or for charities, like I had done for the Blacksad Fan news to raise money. And we just left, wishing him good luck on his idea.
I will fully admit that what I am about to say is based on my investigation into the matter. Similarly, I must acknowledge that I still don’t know which Charity received the money from the Blacksad work, despite all the work I did assisting the other writers during that time. But honestly, I enjoyed doing it and liked the stories I had done for a Book that I have loved for years. Even more since I already had ideas for work on it, so it wasn’t a real problem at all.
However, when I saw that “Work for Hire” was available, I went to check if I could obtain an e-book version for myself and share it with friends for their interviews. So, I admit that I didn’t like the website, as all I saw were some unknown people leaving reviews, Edwin's work, a synopsis, and the cover picture (standard), but mostly the price for it. Additionally, there was no list of the artists on a page that was VERY easy to add.
The only place you can find the few writers for 21 stories is on his FA page, and at this point, not somewhere most people would go.
Currently, since I have no intention of buying the book, I am unsure whether their names and link to their page, as you typically do in such cases, are included in the book.
With me, he had no intention of paying me, so…who says that he is going to pay those poor struggling writers for their work?
So, I know it’s speculation, but I preferred to warn people about him because there is also another thing. He asked people to vote for him on Ursa Major. In general, I wouldn’t mind…but if he gets all the credits and not those writers…I admit it bothers me.
Again, I know it’s still speculation, but at this point, if their ‘payment’ is the “honor” of working with him, well, it’s not better than what Sophia Petrillo said in Golden Palace if the honor is “Being a tattoo on someone’s ass”, to sum up the whole situation on the episode, well I am sorry…it’s not going to help them any.
So, if someone has the book and if AT LEAST those poor writers are at least listed with a link to their work or where to contact them, AS IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE THAT SELLS THE BOOK, it would help me relax for them since I don’t think it’s normal.
In the end, I am just glad that I didn’t work with him, but I decided to warn people at least. If he doesn’t provide real thanks and contact information for those writers, I don’t think he deserves the money, even if he ‘invested’ in having the book published. Even if printing happens at the moment, the order is paid for by the customer.
So yeah, again I repeat myself, it MIGHT be speculation, but after all the searching and finding only ONE PLACE on FA, a place not everyone goes, I don’t like people treated like that.
And, by the way, I have a copy of my chats with him, including the screenshots of what I found.
Now, take it or leave, but I would take a close look at that guy and so far…I am sorry, but I don’t trust him without proof.
Self-protection…you can say.
But there is something that I admit I find NOT NORMAL to stay polite.
A few months ago,
contacted me to work on one or several stories for an anthology named “Work Fur Hire”. Since the subject was helping people find work, I admit I was tempted, even though one of our dogs was very sick. We talked, and he showed interest in my situation with being a person with a disability and job interviews. It could have helped some people, and I started to think about some ideas.
So I asked him about my payment, which made him nervous, and he told me that he couldn’t pay me as he didn’t have the means. I just said okay and apologized, but I only work for free for friends on short projects or for charities, like I had done for the Blacksad Fan news to raise money. And we just left, wishing him good luck on his idea.
I will fully admit that what I am about to say is based on my investigation into the matter. Similarly, I must acknowledge that I still don’t know which Charity received the money from the Blacksad work, despite all the work I did assisting the other writers during that time. But honestly, I enjoyed doing it and liked the stories I had done for a Book that I have loved for years. Even more since I already had ideas for work on it, so it wasn’t a real problem at all.
However, when I saw that “Work for Hire” was available, I went to check if I could obtain an e-book version for myself and share it with friends for their interviews. So, I admit that I didn’t like the website, as all I saw were some unknown people leaving reviews, Edwin's work, a synopsis, and the cover picture (standard), but mostly the price for it. Additionally, there was no list of the artists on a page that was VERY easy to add.
The only place you can find the few writers for 21 stories is on his FA page, and at this point, not somewhere most people would go.
Currently, since I have no intention of buying the book, I am unsure whether their names and link to their page, as you typically do in such cases, are included in the book.
With me, he had no intention of paying me, so…who says that he is going to pay those poor struggling writers for their work?
So, I know it’s speculation, but I preferred to warn people about him because there is also another thing. He asked people to vote for him on Ursa Major. In general, I wouldn’t mind…but if he gets all the credits and not those writers…I admit it bothers me.
Again, I know it’s still speculation, but at this point, if their ‘payment’ is the “honor” of working with him, well, it’s not better than what Sophia Petrillo said in Golden Palace if the honor is “Being a tattoo on someone’s ass”, to sum up the whole situation on the episode, well I am sorry…it’s not going to help them any.
So, if someone has the book and if AT LEAST those poor writers are at least listed with a link to their work or where to contact them, AS IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE THAT SELLS THE BOOK, it would help me relax for them since I don’t think it’s normal.
In the end, I am just glad that I didn’t work with him, but I decided to warn people at least. If he doesn’t provide real thanks and contact information for those writers, I don’t think he deserves the money, even if he ‘invested’ in having the book published. Even if printing happens at the moment, the order is paid for by the customer.
So yeah, again I repeat myself, it MIGHT be speculation, but after all the searching and finding only ONE PLACE on FA, a place not everyone goes, I don’t like people treated like that.
And, by the way, I have a copy of my chats with him, including the screenshots of what I found.
Now, take it or leave, but I would take a close look at that guy and so far…I am sorry, but I don’t trust him without proof.
Self-protection…you can say.
To work for them is one thing, but if everyone including the main guy is working on it and can't even credit them, what's the point? Especially without paying them for their work would be pretty unfair.
I do hope something changes for that.
Why couldn't the person say they didn't have money upfront before starting it at all?! I guess everyone hits different for sure with this, but here's hoping something comes out of it.
Your heart is in the right place doing it for charity and other things with it!✨️☺️
That's why I had to say something in reaction to avoid others falling for his behavior.
and I maintain that not only he could have put their name on the page where he advertise it but also could give them their due too.
I do agree on the website, best practice would be to list all the contributors.
But do you think that it's normal that he is making money off their backs without payment?
When I did the anthology, I paid the other 2 artists that were part of it...that's the other part that bothers me.
I still think that giving them their due would be a normal thing to do too.