It’s rather a tradition here at Writer Beware to make a joke post on April Fool’s Day. I think this is the third or fourth time I’ve done it.
To me the idea that PublishAmerica could actually acquire DISNEY was so patently absurd that the joke would be obvious. Apparently, however, there are a number of folks who just didn’t get it. To those individuals, I apologize for spoofing them, seeming self-centered, conceited, etc.
Just for the record, everything I wrote up until the point where I mentioned Atlanta Nights and Touchstone happens to be true. After that, it was a complete fabrication, cooked up in my febrile little brain, intoxicated by the rites of Spring and a warm April 1st.
-Ann C. Crispin
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Ann C. Crispin, co-founder of Writer Beware® and Chair of the SFWA® Committee on Writing Scams, became active in SFWA® in 1983. She served as Eastern Regional Director for almost ten years, and as Vice-President for two more. With her husband, two-time SFWA® President Michael Capobianco, she was a 2004 recipient of the SFWA® Service Award.
Her more than twenty novels include the best-selling Han Solo Trilogy; New York Times best-selling Star Trek novels Yesterday’s Son, Time for Yesterday, and Sarek; the original series Starbridge; and her final novel, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom. Her many freelance credits include articles in Writer’s Digest and the SFWA® Bulletin.
Ann passed away in 2013, but her tireless work with Writer Beware® stands as an enduring legacy.
Oh, thank Heaven, my concept for “Atlanta Nights: The Musical” is still safe.
That was a gotcha. I read it and wondered about the publish America thing. I vaguely recalled the name and thought you had warned against it once upon a time. My memory, while admittedly feeble, was correct and I didn’t snap to the joke. You did good. We just let our sympathy for your plight blind us to the joke.
Gah! That’s my dream- to work with Disney, but in a writing capacity.
Please tell me that you’ll pay more attention to the ride than the screenwriters did? Loved the movies (at least, the first two), but the ride is (or, rather, was) the original.
It’s too bad your March 28th post wasn’t a joke. I think this decision by Amazon will hurt more than just writer & will result in lost jobs, & business failures. I will never buy anything on Amazon again.
When will ‘big’ ever be big enough?
You had me there. Great joke?
Please pull my leg again next year—aging joints need the stretch!
This is why I tend not to read blogs by intelligent people on 4/1.
Obviously, Atlanta Nights would make a terrible movie. Everyone knows that.
Only a television miniseries could possibly do it justice.