Am I the Only One who is sick and tired of "I'd Hit It"?
Posted on 03/03/2008 10:00:47 PM PST by lowbridge
Some folks still won’t that work of fiction go down in flames (or rather, get transfered over to the section with the early 20th century fiction) like it should. Instead, the character of Derek Freeman is attacked, and young minds indoctrinated against all notions that run counter to leftist ideology, even in the face of their fictional bases being wholly exposed.
And water continues to be wet.
They always use this same excuse. Funny.
This fraud is probably aspiring for a career in higher ed., like former Prof. Ward Churchill.
Sarah McGrath, the editor at Riverhead who worked with Ms. Seltzer for three years on the book, said she was stunned to discover that the author had lied...
In April 2005, Ms. Bender submitted about 100 pages to four publishers. Ms. McGrath, then at Scribner, a unit of Simon & Schuster, agreed to a deal for what she said was less than $100,000. When Ms. McGrath moved to Riverhead in 2006, she moved Ms. Seltzer’s contract.
Over the course of three years, Ms. McGrath, who is the daughter of Charles McGrath, a writer at large at The Times, worked closely with Ms. Seltzer on the book. “I’ve been talking to her on the phone and getting e-mails from her for three years and her story never has changed,” Ms. McGrath said. “All the details have been the same. There never have been any cracks.”
Rigoberta Menchu——the fake Guatemalan Indian who got a Nobel Prize for her fake biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoberta_Mench%C3%BA
She’s preparing herself for a Nobel Prize in Peace like Rigoberta Menchu.
Oprah’s book club is the driver in much of modern publishing. Books she recommends sell in the millions. Even books which have titles SIMILAR to the ones she recommends sell well. Not only do the writers get money, so do the agents and the publishers!
This book, like Kaavya Viswanathan’s “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life”, or James Frey’s “A Million Little Pieces,” screamed “Buy it and get it to Oprah!”
I am sure “Love and Consequences” would have been a worthy book to stand on its own merits. It’s even all right to use a pen name, as Mr. Samuel Clemens and Mr. Eric Blair can tell you. The problem is the writer lied to sell the story.
Sad for her—sad for the industry.
I was thinking the same thing. They are just ticked that they were ‘taken in’ by the author. If it was good enough to publish, publish it.
Her story is like an Obama speech...
Thanks, Blood.
Interesting, yes.
Surprised, no.
"In 'Love and Consequences,' a critically acclaimed memoir published last week, Margaret B. Jones wrote about her life as a half-white, half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods...Margaret B. Jones is a pseudonym for Margaret Seltzer, who is all white and grew up in the well-to-do Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley, with her biological family."
BWWHAAAAAAAA!!!
Bet she's spent the money by now. :o)
See the pic of the hag posted, above?
The earrings, ol' friend, a dead giveaway.
If ya know what I mean? {gotta be current on *fashion* trends...}
Wonder WTF's going on, been several *outings* of fakers lately.
Not complaining mind you, just suspicious.
Now back to more worldly matters.
...like Favre's retirement. ;^)
Most people can’t tell I’m part Indian (Cherokee.) So was Tom Landry, head coach of the Cowboys. Much of the “Indian” in people is how they dress. Maybe she could get an interview deal with Dan Rather. This should be right up his alley.
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