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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Halloween
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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robbydoherty 0
Twilight?
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geod69 8
So it's a fiction story
JoshZ 0
Mein Kamp?!
shibbysgirl 4
Get married
THE_A_TEEN 28
No thanks. I'm underaged.
tehanu 1
If he's in any way paying money for this, he hasn't found a publisher; his "publisher" has found another easy mark. In that case I wouldn't worry too much about your name; most vanity publishers specialize in selling overpriced editions to friends-and-relations, and the chances of it seeing the inside of a bookstore are nil. If it is a real publisher, my sympathies. See if you can't convince your relative that all the _cool_ authors use pen names. ;)
Calyx_fml 22
That should be a semi-colon between "his book" and "his badly written". If ur gunna troll sumwonz riting then eorz beter be perphekt.
dogpup4 23
Sounds a lot like Mein Kampf. I would change my surname anyway if it was Hitler.
Major_General 10
So in other words it tells the truth?
THE_A_TEEN 28
I think insulting a culture and misrepresenting is is not telling the truth.
kei1108 13
I never condone stealing/destroying, but if it would save the world from a catastrophe such as this, so be it.
redbluegreen 41
I feel you, OP. My dad's done the exact same thing.
Autobot93 10
Use a pen name. It's that simple