Thought there was a better way to say this....but this is good, too....
This link is a joke about Capitalism...go and look...and then come back and read this version of 'Hungarian Capitalism' below...just a few things which have happened recently...remember to come back and read :-)
http://www.tickld.com/x/capitalism-explained-this-is-so-accurate-it-hurts
Hungarian
Capitalism: You have two cows. You say the Socialists killed the other
four and the people believe you. You create a Special Task Force who
will do anything you say and 'take out' anyone you feel is not working
'for the greater good of the country'. You take control of the Media,
replace all positions of power with your own people and increase taxes
on anything from text messages to internet, take people's private
pensions to pay for state pensions, close schools for 'special needs'
children and integrate them into mainstream education, cut the Education
budget by 25%, increase money to Sports by 25%, build a huge very
expensive and fancy useless football stadium in the tiny village you
were born in and piss off the EU with your taunts and policies. When
there are shouts from the USA of corruption within the Hungarian Tax
Office, you send your Special Task Force to 'clean up' the place,
leaving no trace of evidence. When hundreds of thousands of
demonstrators against the new Internet Tax force you to cancel that
idea, one of the successful demonstration organisers with a history of
suicide mysteriously dies under a speeding train. You finally sell your
two cows to the Russians, asking for a massive loan to buy ten more from
them, and tell the people that due to pressure from the USA and the EU,
you have asked the Russians to come back into Hungary, after 25 years
of 'freedom', to protect your cows (which you no longer have).
Oh yeah, and monitor Facebook for any posts like this one!!!!
They'll be knocking on my door soon...
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Won Challenge 86! :-) "Motion in the Potion"
Oh my, that Scallywag really has a go when they want to...check out their latest post on the TIW blog...http://writingstylesandtips.
And...I won! Yes, Challenge 86! I won with my Batman story! Strange how it all happened, I was put 2nd and I asked for some feedback from the judges as to what the problem was with one of my best stories in the last 6 months...and 2 of them came back saying they'd put me in 1st place...contrary to what the Judges Excel spreadsheet said...so I sent a message...and the mistake was corrected :-)
One more wonderful DJC story in the TIW2 anthology :-)
"Tales from Darker Places", the 'Halloween' anthology is going strong on Amazon :-)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ODS3HQY
Although I think it's still free on Lulu.com....gotta check that...here it is :-)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/the-indie-collaboration/the-indie-collaboration-presents-tales-from-darker-places-a-chilling-horror-anthology/ebook/product-21850137.html
My freebies are moving along on Smashwords.com, Dani's Shorts 3 is almost at 200 downloads, whereas 1+2 are almost at 500 :-)
The Steampunk anthology "Circuits & Steam" is selling well, just got a nice royalty cheque from that one :-)
And sold a few ebooks in the last 30 days :-)
For example, 'Bethlehem Fiasco' on Amazon.com Australia is now #26,765 Paid in Kindle Store
There's an 'Alice in Wonderland' anthology thing going on, I have 2 weeks to hand in something, gthen wait 1 month to see if my story is chosen...written only 150 words so far, though (of 4000)...!!!
All going well...kinda...:-)
When I'm gonna write another novel, I have no idea...one is brewing...
('How to build a castle' is still waiting for a cover...)
And...I won! Yes, Challenge 86! I won with my Batman story! Strange how it all happened, I was put 2nd and I asked for some feedback from the judges as to what the problem was with one of my best stories in the last 6 months...and 2 of them came back saying they'd put me in 1st place...contrary to what the Judges Excel spreadsheet said...so I sent a message...and the mistake was corrected :-)
One more wonderful DJC story in the TIW2 anthology :-)
"Tales from Darker Places", the 'Halloween' anthology is going strong on Amazon :-)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ODS3HQY
Although I think it's still free on Lulu.com....gotta check that...here it is :-)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/the-indie-collaboration/the-indie-collaboration-presents-tales-from-darker-places-a-chilling-horror-anthology/ebook/product-21850137.html
My freebies are moving along on Smashwords.com, Dani's Shorts 3 is almost at 200 downloads, whereas 1+2 are almost at 500 :-)
The Steampunk anthology "Circuits & Steam" is selling well, just got a nice royalty cheque from that one :-)
And sold a few ebooks in the last 30 days :-)
For example, 'Bethlehem Fiasco' on Amazon.com Australia is now #26,765 Paid in Kindle Store
- #197 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary
- #226 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Humour
There's an 'Alice in Wonderland' anthology thing going on, I have 2 weeks to hand in something, gthen wait 1 month to see if my story is chosen...written only 150 words so far, though (of 4000)...!!!
All going well...kinda...:-)
When I'm gonna write another novel, I have no idea...one is brewing...
('How to build a castle' is still waiting for a cover...)
Featured Author over at LineByLion :-)
Wow! It's so great to be connected to a publisher :-)
Yes, this week I'm the 'featured author'!!!
So far they've shown my Bio, 'Manna-X'....maybe later they'll show my interview :-)
Here it is...https://www.facebook.com/LinebyLion
Working on that Alice thing, called it 'Alice on the Outside-In'...I'm at 2500 of the 4000 words, but it also needs editing, etc...only 10 days left to hand it in!! Will I make it??
Yes, this week I'm the 'featured author'!!!
So far they've shown my Bio, 'Manna-X'....maybe later they'll show my interview :-)
Here it is...https://www.facebook.com/LinebyLion
Working on that Alice thing, called it 'Alice on the Outside-In'...I'm at 2500 of the 4000 words, but it also needs editing, etc...only 10 days left to hand it in!! Will I make it??
Monday, October 27, 2014
TIW Autumn Final + other things...
Well, I lost the TIW Autumn Final...:-( Yes, it's true, even with all that support...127 votes to 144...Mathew had a friend...
Anyway, the judges didn't like my story. Again. They just don't. Let's break it down...
I scraped through to the Final without receiving a 1st from any of the 4 judges. So I thought I'd change my tactic. When I saw the 4 elements for the Final, I went 'dark, creepy, black humour' and not the usual sarcastic/funny angle. I also used the styles of Roald Dahl and Alan Bennett PLUS added the basic 'Oppression of women in humanity' card. It was filled with depth. Which the judges didn't see, not even the biased Police force...it was like a test for them, and they FAILED. Well, so did I...
....but...
Come and read "Motion in the Potion", I need some votes, too:-) (see picture below)
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-86/
What's this?
Scallywag is at it again? (Yes, this is the latest in a few) Come and read this, it's about members of TIW but it's funny...hehehehehe....
http://writingstylesandtips.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/fancy-a-quickie/
Anyway, the judges didn't like my story. Again. They just don't. Let's break it down...
I scraped through to the Final without receiving a 1st from any of the 4 judges. So I thought I'd change my tactic. When I saw the 4 elements for the Final, I went 'dark, creepy, black humour' and not the usual sarcastic/funny angle. I also used the styles of Roald Dahl and Alan Bennett PLUS added the basic 'Oppression of women in humanity' card. It was filled with depth. Which the judges didn't see, not even the biased Police force...it was like a test for them, and they FAILED. Well, so did I...
....but...
Come and read "Motion in the Potion", I need some votes, too:-) (see picture below)
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-86/
What's this?
Scallywag is at it again? (Yes, this is the latest in a few) Come and read this, it's about members of TIW but it's funny...hehehehehe....
http://writingstylesandtips.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/fancy-a-quickie/
Ironology (TIW Anthology 1) + Grudge 12 - updated
Yes, the official anthology of TIW challenges is out!
Here is the Kindle version on Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/Ironology-2014-Challenge-Championship-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00OIEY9SS
..and on Smashwords for a dollar cheaper...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/484861
Hey! I have a new interview here! Come and read :-)
http://libraryoferana.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/darker-places-horror-and-dark-fantasy-anthology-author-interview-dani-j-caile/
Plus just got trounced in Grudge 12 with my 'tribute' to Huxley's Brave New World, co-written by Mathew W Weaver. My part of the story examines my state at this time, in a box, waiting in the dark...unfortunately, not many of the judges could relate to that. Here it is...
UPDATE: a piece of feedback..spot on, I think...
"I must add that "As Stated" was a very well stated position on meaninglessness, and the futility of existence within mans ineffectiveness to find meaning through "the law"; his own attempt to establish a utopia .... as stated. It reminded me of Plato's, "The Cave.""
“As stated under Regulation 16″ (Grudge 12)
“As stated under Regulation 16 By-law 22 Section 2 Point 4.1 Appendix 3 Paragraph 42 of the Manifesto Issued by Those Within The Box, as of now, it is my turn with the red Lionel toy train.”
Watson grabbed the treasured object and tugged. John held it closer to his chest. The damp, mouldy cardboard box shook with their wrestling and wrangling, straining the rips in the corners.
“It’s mine!” John snarled.
“Guys, please, mind The Box!” warned Bernard, fed up with their confined, disease-ridden dystopian world.
“Quack,” Howard agreed.
“Oh, shut up.” John let go, and Watson retreated in triumph to his corner.
“Quaaack.”
“Why bother learning, Howard? When was the last time we had a duck in here?” John sighed.
“You never know…QUACK.”
The misery, the oppression, the overcrowding…Bernard couldn’t take it anymore, the insanity was torturing.
“Don’t you wish you were free?” he asked, struggling to his feet, his head jammed against the top of The Box.
“No,” a voice from another corner muttered.
“Squalor is next to ugliness,” Watson commented, train in hand. He giggled, “My precioussssssssssssss……”
“Oh, miserable old box…I so love having rags for clothes,” grumbled John.
“Is it just me, then?” Bernard demanded as ants nested under his moist patch of fear. “The dirt, the smell, the insecurity of it all? Doesn’t it bother you?”
“Go if you want. We can do without you,” Watson snapped, annoyed at the interruption to his play. John tried to swipe the toy train back and missed.
“Quack.”
“Look at you! You don’t even know what’s out there!” Bernard jabbed a finger in the air. “Don’t you care? We’re Schrodinger’s cats as far as anyone or anything out there is concerned!”
“I hate cats,” murmered John.
“I like quacks,” Howard interjected, “How about we all be Schrodinger’s ducks instead?”
“My preciousssssss,” Watson hissed.
“Are we…are we alive or dead?” whined Bernard.
“Dunno. If we’re Schrodinger’s ducks, then we’ll only know if someone opens The Box.”
“Quack.”
Bernard looked around at his companions and saw the miserable, pathetic life they had, never once wondering what it was like outside. Surely there was more than this…
“I’m leaving,” he said.
“Good riddance, you and your ‘oppression’,” mumbled Watson.
Bernard shook his head, and looked up at the sagging roof inches from his nose. He sucked in, and punched upwards into the unknown. Whether or not the others were watching he did not know or care; his fist sank through the rotting cardboard like a clenched hand through thick, wet paper. Light shined through, and madness seized him. He reached, grabbed, and pulled himself out.
A flap closed on the hole in the top of The Box, and the light dimmed once more.
Watson sniffed.
“Finally.”
John leaped forward, “My turn! MY TURN WITH THE TRAIN!”
“Quack,” Howard said, shifting aside as they rolled past him.
Soft tapping on the side of The Box cut through their yells and made them pause.
“Can I come back in, please? It’s cold out here.”
Here is the Kindle version on Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/Ironology-2014-Challenge-Championship-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00OIEY9SS
..and on Smashwords for a dollar cheaper...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/484861
Hey! I have a new interview here! Come and read :-)
http://libraryoferana.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/darker-places-horror-and-dark-fantasy-anthology-author-interview-dani-j-caile/
Plus just got trounced in Grudge 12 with my 'tribute' to Huxley's Brave New World, co-written by Mathew W Weaver. My part of the story examines my state at this time, in a box, waiting in the dark...unfortunately, not many of the judges could relate to that. Here it is...
UPDATE: a piece of feedback..spot on, I think...
"I must add that "As Stated" was a very well stated position on meaninglessness, and the futility of existence within mans ineffectiveness to find meaning through "the law"; his own attempt to establish a utopia .... as stated. It reminded me of Plato's, "The Cave.""
“As stated under Regulation 16″ (Grudge 12)
“As stated under Regulation 16 By-law 22 Section 2 Point 4.1 Appendix 3 Paragraph 42 of the Manifesto Issued by Those Within The Box, as of now, it is my turn with the red Lionel toy train.”
Watson grabbed the treasured object and tugged. John held it closer to his chest. The damp, mouldy cardboard box shook with their wrestling and wrangling, straining the rips in the corners.
“It’s mine!” John snarled.
“Guys, please, mind The Box!” warned Bernard, fed up with their confined, disease-ridden dystopian world.
“Quack,” Howard agreed.
“Oh, shut up.” John let go, and Watson retreated in triumph to his corner.
“Quaaack.”
“Why bother learning, Howard? When was the last time we had a duck in here?” John sighed.
“You never know…QUACK.”
The misery, the oppression, the overcrowding…Bernard couldn’t take it anymore, the insanity was torturing.
“Don’t you wish you were free?” he asked, struggling to his feet, his head jammed against the top of The Box.
“No,” a voice from another corner muttered.
“Squalor is next to ugliness,” Watson commented, train in hand. He giggled, “My precioussssssssssssss……”
“Oh, miserable old box…I so love having rags for clothes,” grumbled John.
“Is it just me, then?” Bernard demanded as ants nested under his moist patch of fear. “The dirt, the smell, the insecurity of it all? Doesn’t it bother you?”
“Go if you want. We can do without you,” Watson snapped, annoyed at the interruption to his play. John tried to swipe the toy train back and missed.
“Quack.”
“Look at you! You don’t even know what’s out there!” Bernard jabbed a finger in the air. “Don’t you care? We’re Schrodinger’s cats as far as anyone or anything out there is concerned!”
“I hate cats,” murmered John.
“I like quacks,” Howard interjected, “How about we all be Schrodinger’s ducks instead?”
“My preciousssssss,” Watson hissed.
“Are we…are we alive or dead?” whined Bernard.
“Dunno. If we’re Schrodinger’s ducks, then we’ll only know if someone opens The Box.”
“Quack.”
Bernard looked around at his companions and saw the miserable, pathetic life they had, never once wondering what it was like outside. Surely there was more than this…
“I’m leaving,” he said.
“Good riddance, you and your ‘oppression’,” mumbled Watson.
Bernard shook his head, and looked up at the sagging roof inches from his nose. He sucked in, and punched upwards into the unknown. Whether or not the others were watching he did not know or care; his fist sank through the rotting cardboard like a clenched hand through thick, wet paper. Light shined through, and madness seized him. He reached, grabbed, and pulled himself out.
A flap closed on the hole in the top of The Box, and the light dimmed once more.
Watson sniffed.
“Finally.”
John leaped forward, “My turn! MY TURN WITH THE TRAIN!”
“Quack,” Howard said, shifting aside as they rolled past him.
Soft tapping on the side of The Box cut through their yells and made them pause.
“Can I come back in, please? It’s cold out here.”
Friday, October 24, 2014
Funny C86!! Really...
Unfortunately I lost the TIW Autumn Final :-(
BUT....this story is very funny, especially if you remember the Batman TV series from 1966-69...
Please read, enjoy and vote :-)
"Motion in the Potion"
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-86/
Quick one, I know....later...
BUT....this story is very funny, especially if you remember the Batman TV series from 1966-69...
Please read, enjoy and vote :-)
"Motion in the Potion"
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-86/
Quick one, I know....later...
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Big Publishers DON'T CARE about YOU
I read 'The Fault in our Stars' by John Green last week (I made the joke 'fault in our stairs'? I have one of them...then I was shown a picture from the internet :-)). It took a few days to read. An entertaining book. I thought I'd finally found a new writer who could write. I was wrong. I had found a 'writer's support group' who could make a good book. What, I hear you say? How dare you! Read the acknowledgements at the back of the book, the list is endless...a 6 year old could have written that book with that team behind them. Really...maybe even a monkey. There's a picture of him at the back...reminded me of a student running through the streets like a king, molesting the girls, laughing
at the locals, pissing up his parents support and drifting through
college. Don't get me wrong, I love his books!!...ya don't need to tell me he's doing a good job.
Then I spotted a John Green quote about 'Public Education' on fb...at first funny but then superficial. If you're listening, John Green, Public Education is good in theory but is unfortunately a political tool. When a headmaster retires in this country, they are replaced by a supporter of this leading power, and the administrative infrastructure and school subjects and all the teachers use have been changed to match the views of said power. That's Public Education. Educate yourself...(but keep away from religion)... Plus John Green used the 'Cancer Perk', as do many writers. Many writers follow a trend (vampires, werewolves, etc) and some even grab a transparent issue of the day and write, knowing that people will buy the book just to say 'I have that'...the book "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre, Booker Prize for Literature and catching on the theme of American school shootings...20% of people who bought that book, finished it. The rest put it on their shelf...'I have that'...
So what do we?
...Publishers want to make money.
They don't care about you.
They know you'll buy a book if...
1. someone says it's good (marketing);
2. it's easily available to buy (distribution).
That's it. They don't care if the book is 'art', if it's a 'classic', if it 'educates you', if it 'entertains' you, if it attacks your views (that one's for 'Salmon' Rushie...see how I spelt that? See?). They want money.
I'd like some money, too. But I'd write to spiral us 'up' and not keep us in the shit we call a 'civilisation'...
...rant over...breath...and continue :-)
Then I spotted a John Green quote about 'Public Education' on fb...at first funny but then superficial. If you're listening, John Green, Public Education is good in theory but is unfortunately a political tool. When a headmaster retires in this country, they are replaced by a supporter of this leading power, and the administrative infrastructure and school subjects and all the teachers use have been changed to match the views of said power. That's Public Education. Educate yourself...(but keep away from religion)... Plus John Green used the 'Cancer Perk', as do many writers. Many writers follow a trend (vampires, werewolves, etc) and some even grab a transparent issue of the day and write, knowing that people will buy the book just to say 'I have that'...the book "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre, Booker Prize for Literature and catching on the theme of American school shootings...20% of people who bought that book, finished it. The rest put it on their shelf...'I have that'...
So what do we?
...Publishers want to make money.
They don't care about you.
They know you'll buy a book if...
1. someone says it's good (marketing);
2. it's easily available to buy (distribution).
That's it. They don't care if the book is 'art', if it's a 'classic', if it 'educates you', if it 'entertains' you, if it attacks your views (that one's for 'Salmon' Rushie...see how I spelt that? See?). They want money.
I'd like some money, too. But I'd write to spiral us 'up' and not keep us in the shit we call a 'civilisation'...
...rant over...breath...and continue :-)
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