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Aug 25 2009

Literary Agents: A Major Pain In The Ass

Published by carolitoh under Lifestyles Edit This

There is one thing I have learned over the last few weeks. Literary agents think they are GOD! They will not take submissions (queries) even though their web pages say they do. When you submit a query letter to them you get an automatic rejection letter with in hours, even minutes, saying they are not interested when you know in fact they never even read the bloody submission. That’s what pisses me off. Turn me down on my own merit but not before you even read one word. But I ask, where would these parasites be without the very artists they reject so quickly? Nowhere! It is the writers that pay their bills so why can’t they treat us with a little more respect than they do? Sure some of us are new and have no track record to speak of but is that a reason the slam doors in our faces without so much as a howdy do? I don’t think so. The agents are much ruder than the publishers. Just query the publishing houses direct and you will get a warmer reception.

It’s a catch twenty-two, you can’t get into the larger publishing houses without an agent but can’t get an agent without a published book. Make any sense? Hell, no! But there you have it. The Good Old Boy System is alive and well in the publishing field. It’s all in who ya know and all in who ya blow! And since I’m not doing either it means I am stuck in the slush pile gathering enough rejection letters and emails to redo the office walls. 

So take it from a battled seasoned writer, forget about the agent for now. Just contact the smaller publishing houses directly and you will have more luck. Then after maybe you have sold something the agents will come running after you. I just hope that, like me, you have kept a list of the jerks who have shut you down before you could open your mouth to get a word in edgewise about your book, so when they come calling you will have the satisfaction of hanging up giving them the same time of day they gave you (and me!). Yell

Besides, they’re too bossy! I want to do it my way and I don’t need some “those who can’t do teach” telling me how to do my job as they take money off the top.

That is my rant for the day!

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Aug 14 2009

Published by carolitoh under Lifestyles Edit This

Kate GosselinOh good lord, this just keeps getting better and better! Seems the Queen of White Trash, Kate Gosselin showed up at the house in PA late last night and started some shit with Jon. But it is Jon’s turn with the kids and his turn to be there so somehow the cops got called out. This was after midnight. The yelling and screaming was disturbing the neighbors….think of what that must have been doing to the children right in the same house! Seems when the police left Kate left too and checked into a local Days Inn.

Kate, if you wanted to give Jon the kids just hand them over without all this trauma to the children. Showing up on the doorsteps of the home when it’s his turn and making a screaming scene, forcing the cops to be called out is no way to behave as a fit parent. This will not help your case. What was so important that you had to show up and upset the entire household with your low-class tantrum? You are not even considering the effects this may be having on the children and how having the police called out to their home in the middle of the night due to their parents arguing could leave long lasting emotional scars. But the Queen of Mean didn’t even consider her own children’s emotional needs against her little tantrums. Kate, that is what lawyers are for; to settle your petty grievances.  A judge will not look kindly on this. This outburst of yours only shows the world that your priority is yourself and not your children.

Yes, Jon has looked a little foolish and clumsy lately as he tries to get back into the dating scene. But he did not bring it into the home of the children. Kate, however, broke up her own marriage and her lover, bodyguard, Steve, Neild’s marriage as well. His wife has reportedly left their home several months ago and Kate bought her condo across the street from his office in Maryland. For shame, Kate! What of mother are you? Obviously one that does not respect the sanctity of marriage. But at least give the children some peace of mind when it is their father’s turn to be with them. We have all seen the pictures and out-takes of you yelling, threatening, and whipping your children in private and in public. A warm and fuzzy mom you ain’t! So at least give them a break from your tyranny while they are with their father. We have never seen photos of him yanking them around and whipping them. These kids have been used for your fame and not allowed to just be kids. Now that you are famous infamous just stay in Maryland and keep your mouth shut while Jon visits with his children.

At least that’s my view point!

*Thanks to TMZ for the Photo! 

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Aug 11 2009

Remember Tori, Candy is bad for your health!

Published by carolitoh under Lifestyles Edit This

Candy SpellingOMG….this dumb Hollywood Bitch is at it again! This time she had sent an RSVP to her daughter Tori for her granddaughter Stella’s first birthday party. Then at the last minute she emailed and cancelled saying she didn’t want to be used for the season finale ratings for Tori’s show. To add a cherry on top of her shit cake she is holding press conferences saying that she did not want to be a prop in Tori’s reality show but in another breath she said if the premise was right she would consider doing her own reality show. Hypocrite!

This is the same woman who has never even met her own granddaughter. Hello!!! I would have been there even it  meant I would have to be on the jumbo-trans at Shea Stadium! Anything for my grandchildren. There are millions of grandparents out there who are handed down conditions every day in order to see their grandchildren and they stick to them. Why? They want to see the babies. It’s about the grandchildren. Not about you or your daughter. It’s about the grandchildren! They are they innocent ones here. You and Tori are using them like emotional pawns. Any grandmother who lives in the same city as her grandchildren and has not met them…something is seriously wrong here. Candy Spelling must have a serious character flaw in order to ignore her own flesh and blood this way regardless the circumstances. A grandparent plays a vital role in a child’s life and you are denying Tori’s children this love and support you are suppose to be there with. This is not about Tori. It is about you, Candy, and what is expected of the role of a grandparent in a child’s life. That bond can be so special and you are not living up to your end of the natural order of things.

Now try to explain how Tori is a spoiled brat and you will not play into her manipulations. Nobody buys your horseshit! You are the one accountable for your own role as a grandparent in the lives of these two lovely children, Liam & Stella. No one can take it from you, but only you can throw it away. What a stupid woman! Ever heard of throwing your own party for them? Every thought of inviting them over to your house for a party that you would like to have since you’re are so parsnickity about other people’s plans. I guess thinking of having a role in the grandkids lives that you can feel comfortable with and bringing them into your world isn’t an option. Millions of grandparents have the grandkids over to visit, why can’t you? I don’t see where you have room for arguement here. There are way too many grandparents all over the world who go to great lengths to be with the grandchildren and most would crawl over broken glass to get to them just for a few minutes visit.

Candy Spelling you give Grandmothers all over the world a bad name!

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Aug 11 2009

What Kate Gosselin Failed to tell you on Today!

Published by carolitoh under Lifestyles Edit This

Kate Gosselin on the Today ShowKate Gosselin appeared on Today this morning where she naturally whipped out her trademark narrating skills to sell viewers a line of bullshit crafted by TLC publicists and her divorce attorney:

On if she still loves Jon:
“When I think back to the Jon that I knew, yes.”

On still wearing her wedding ring:
Gosselin broke down, brushing away tears with a tissue, when Vieira noted that she was still wearing her wedding ring. “Why?” Vieira asked. “For them,” Gosselin said with difficulty in reference to her eight children. “I don’t want to upset them.”

On feeling like a failure:
“I wake up and I do feel a lot of failure,” Gosselin replied. “This is not what any mother sets out for their children. It’s necessary. It has to take place. I think I’ve turned the focus on myself. I want my children to see a mother who’s committed to her children, who’s determined, who has integrity and perseverance and never gives up. Everything I’ve done for them is out of love.”

On the divorce:
“Clearly, we have totally different takes on what happened.” She said that the blame for the marriage’s failure should be shared by both herself and Jon. “Nobody’s perfect. I was not perfect. Obviously, it takes two,” she told Vieira. “I don’t know, to be honest, what would I go back and change. It’s hard to say.”

Kate also denies rumors that she had an affair with Steve Neild and accuses her brother and his wife of making “tens thousands of dollars” on the tabloid circuit “spreading lies” about the Gosselins. But probably the most disturbing item is that she reveals hers kids’ favorite show is — their own: Jon & Kate Plus 8. Wow. Really? No red flags there? “Hey, my five year old loves staring at himself on TV. In fact, the other day he fired a teamster then demanded we re-edit a scene because he had some lollipop in his hair. Ha ha. Kids.”

Kate’s new apartmentWhat Kate DID NOT tell America on The Today Show was that her new apartment in Rockville, Maryland is right across the street from the bodyguard, Steve Neild, she was rumored to be involved with’s office. Very conventient for him to walk across the street for a quickie! Also neighbors in his old ‘hood have reported that his wife has also moved out of the family home and has not been seen there in months. Seems Kate’s marriage is not the only marriage that went belly up recently. So while we are all busy laughing at Jon’s clumsy attempts to get back into the dating scene it appears his wife jumped the shark some time ago. Only this snake laid low in her actions and successfully made her transition from one man to another and breaking up two marriages in the process. As my grandmother used to say, it will all some out in the wash! You cannot hide dirty deeds in the dark forever, huh Kate!

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