Today, I found out that a family member found a publisher for his book; his badly written, terribly sourced, historically inaccurate book that insults and misrepresents most world cultures and religions. If this actually makes it to print, I'll never be able to use my maiden name again. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after working on my novel for two years, I found out that another book has recently been published with an almost identical plot. I was going to submit it to a publisher in two days. FML
Today, I found out that my roommate secretly edited a paper I wrote and recently turned in, so that it repeatedly refers to the famed author "Kneel Gayman." I'm positive that's not how it's spelled. FML
Today, I bought a textbook for my college class. Not only is the £150 book only sold by our teacher, it turned out to be a piece of shit that he obviously wrote, printed, and stapled together at home. When I went to the faculty about it, I was told it's all perfectly legal, and to drop it. FML
Today, I came home to find two letters from a publishing house that I'd submitted my manuscript to. The first was congratulatory, stating that my book had been accepted for publishing. The second was apologetic, stating that the first letter had been intended for someone else. FML
Today, I finally got a phone call from a publisher saying they would publish the book I'd written. I'd gotten loads of rejection letters, so I was so excited. Until I realized it was my dad, feeling sorry for me. FML
Today, I just spent the last 3 years working on a research project and published about it, read by a multitude co-authors and proofreaders. My mum just spotted it has the word "asses" in it, instead of "assess". FML
Today, my 6-year-old brother showed me the "books" he's been writing for the past week. My parents, who are first-generation immigrants, want him to take the books to school to show everyone. My only problem with this? The main character's name is "Wanker". FML
Today, I held a presentation about my masters thesis. Turns out, my professor never ever actually read the drafts I'd given him, but decided to rip me to pieces in front of everyone, saying that the topic isn't worth researching. I've been working on it for six months. FML
Today, while having a sneak through my brother's browser, I found a bookmark for a Google Docs file. It was a short story involving him horrifically killing our entire family. It ended with the words: "And that is what happens when people don't respect the author's privacy." FML
Today, my brother inherited a book from our grandmother that, in his ignorance, he donated to a charity shop because he’s “not a big reader”. I raced to buy it back, but someone had already bought it. The book in question: a mint condition, 1954 first edition Lord of the Rings, valued at £5000. FML
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THE_A_TEEN 28
If it gets published, then I call for a classic book burning.
SkyBirdy 5
Use a fake name.
THE_A_TEEN 28
Or just change it to a very ridiculous name, that won't trace OP back to that book. I suggest Trash Boat
addysonnn 8
18 - Baha. The Regular Show.
French_Toast_fml 3
If it's that horribly inaccurate, wouldn't it be fiction?
urjustaniceone 0
Idk why the name O'brien popped into my head with this one......
littlemsweirdo 12
Anyone else extremely interested in knowing the title of the book? :)
nofearjenshere 12
I'd say number 1 is.
RedPillSucks 33
Don't sweat it too much, OP. Getting published and getting purchased are two different things. Also, unless you have a really unique last name, just tell people you're not related to that jerk.
mandadarling 10
I hope that future literary students never have to read some of the trash that came out of this last decade..
mandadarling 10
So true.
Blaqkeyeliner 6
Stupider? Lol
death_prevails 6
No kidding here, we already are. Part of the reason why I'm transferring to a different university with a better course actually... They made us suffer through "One Day". Before that it was "The Da Vinci Code". *shudder*
Snafuusmc 12
Run Bro!
lileddy46 2
Run away to canada
j_cat187 20
Change it to a fictional novel.
angeluscado 15
A novel by definition is fictional. The term "Fiction novel" is redundant.