How far would you go to get published

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Tue, 2001-10-09 23:00

I stumbled across this story at http://cgi.usatoday.com/usatonline/20011009/3520772s.htm
which I thought you might like (and yes, I'll be endeavouring to get an interview!)

"Publishers have told aspiring writer Carol Muskoron that she has enough talent to be published, but the 37-year-old self-described housewife and mother of two didn't stand out enough from the crowd. So she did what any novelist desperate for attention might do: She got naked.

First there was Naked News, a site where anchors deliver the news in the buff. Now, there's Naked Novelist, where Muskoron shares her novel in progress, My Middle Class Girl, as well as short stories. And, yes, video clips show her writing in the raw.

Of course, not everyone is logging on to, well, read. But that's OK with Muskoron, who, though attractive, says ''there's much better porn on the Net than me. People log on for the nudity, then find themselves reading a short story and really enjoying it.''

So the question is... how far would you go to get published?

Tue, 2001-10-09 23:31

Linsi

Naked sounds good to me! Joke!

Tue, 2001-10-09 23:38

Linsi

What I meant was that I would get naked, not that I would like to see HER get naked...... Failing that, I would get my fella to strip wearing nothing but a tattoo of my writing across his ass...(well, its got plenty of space...!) If I never post another poem, story etc, assume that he had read this comment and has strangled me in my bed.

Tue, 2001-10-09 23:48

donignacio

I think I'm going to start my own publishing company. (Do people really get naked like that?) Maybe I should limit those authors whom I publish to females between 18-25. (Mmmm... THAT sounds like a good job!) I'll publish Linsi though, and as an added bonus, she DOESN'T have to get naked. (Unless you really want to.)

Wed, 2001-10-10 00:04

fish

is there a publishing couch?

Wed, 2001-10-10 00:05

Emily Dubberley

Linsi, To help ward off strangulation, maybe you could tell your bloke you specialise in haiku? (or are we talking Epic proportions?)

Wed, 2001-10-10 00:12

Linsi

Heheheheh...In my safe little haven on abc, I shout "EPIC"

Wed, 2001-10-10 00:50

Emily Dubberley

Maybe we could get Ikea to make one and sell them on ABCtales, Fish?

Wed, 2001-10-10 00:58

fish

good idea em ... but i have a morbid fear of IKEA ... could we do mail order?

Wed, 2001-10-10 20:22

#10

I would do anything to be published, but I won't do THAT. HMMMMMMMM, never did understand that song. I'm sure some eloquent abcer will enlighten me. AJ :>)

Wed, 2001-10-10 20:57

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Andrea

Me neither, but only 'cos everything's heading south and it ain't a pretty sight, even when the light's right...

Wed, 2001-10-10 21:14

#12

Know the feeling, Andrea. Head sixteen, neck a bit older, boobs even older, (aw gonna give in now, it's SO depressing). AJ

Thu, 2001-10-11 20:20

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Andrea

You didn't mention the brain. Mine's now currently hovering around me knees. Can't go much further before it hits rock bottom... And yes, I did realise what I said.

Thu, 2001-10-11 21:47

#14

I like you Andrea, you and me are on the same wave length, bet I'm older than you?? Therefore brain, boobs, belly in that order are lower then yours. AJ :>)

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