They stole my Book! Those BASTARDS! Tizzy, would you be willing to loan Tom to me for..say...a day? As we all know, you are his unequivocal lord and master and I daresay he could never resist your...charm. Yes, let's call it 'charm'. In exchange for Tom's services I offer you the Staff of Ecstasy. I'll leave you to guess what it is and does.
Do we have a deal?

Vampires books especially vampire romances is just ewww! Please! Don't ever let me experience such trauma.

Twilight was a good book, but I stopped after the first book. It was a good book with great writing, it's just that...my manhood couldnt take the radiating romance formed from the pits of a woman's heart.

I don't ever want to experience all that ever again.

Now the author will be writing Vampires vs Werewolves I guess?

Well, there isn't really much of an avenue of originality, the 'not been done before,' when it comes to wrting. Still, it is much better than the Twilight Turd.

Edited by user Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:15:11 PM(UTC)  | Reason: spelling

Well that is cheating.

Still, if the story is good... why not?

And his making lots of $ for that i guess.

Yeah, well, some things in publishing haven't changed going to e-books. Yes, royalty per book is a lot better, but distribution is much more limited...

The secret to making a living as an author is the same as it's every been....build up a big back catalog, each book having a small but long lasting revenue stream; get enough books and all the little streams add up to something one can live on...

The one thing that has changed on that front is that Amazon's (and BN,Apple) book shelves are infinitely long...that's what used to screw traditional authors...you had to maintain a minimum sales volume to keep your books in print and on the shelves....

Noooo! So the book will be published late! That sucks! Can't you terrorize him to go faster?

Humor aside, really looking forward for book 2. Can't wait to see how things go with Tom and his buddies.

Also, don't be too concerned about spelling and grammar. Shucks, William Shakespear makes terrible spellings! Mark Twain isn't really that good either (and he had some great fight with one of his editors becuase the editor dare to correct his writings, lol). Read one of Frances Hodgson Burnett's popular books and you'll be shocked by the terrible grammar. Still, readers seems to be blind to the faults essentially worshipping their books.

Speaking of spelling mistakes, just saw a story yesterday where a scholar says he's found a spelling mistake in the official copy of the US Declaration of Independence.

So....I guess that means it's null and void, so all Hail the new United States of Britannia!" God Save the Queen! Chip Chip Cheerio!

Spelling mistakes, grammatical mistakes when dealing with demons are a bad idea. One wrong semicolon and there goes your right hand...

I'm trying to torture the guy, but he bought a new set of noise canceling headphones to drown me out....

Yes, he did all of that...so...

They all freak out, overreact and do stupid things that make things even worse. Pretty much Standard Operating Procedure from Book 1! :)

Well, that would certainly be true in any town or city other than Freehold.

But Freehold is pretty much the only city on the planet where you can see demons walking down the street. A number of wizards have demons in their regular service who aren't in the palace. For example Vaselle often sends Estrebrius out on various errands around the city, not that different than a Roman slave. Of course he's got a collar on, identifying him as bound and who he belongs to. Oh wait, you haven't met them yet. Sorry.

So the freakout is more about the scale and number of the demons. And a lot of that blame will be upon the Council. I.e. the first assumption, since a huge percent came from the Council palace is that the council was using way too many demons to be safe.

As things come out, obviously people will start to freak, but the Council's PR engine will be in overdrive.

Ok, now you have me confused

You are also a vampire? I thought you were an even higher/worse form of Evil, a Lawyer?

I mean, why would a Lawyer be slumming as a Vampire, is it sort of like "Undercover Boss" or something?

You know, where the CEO pretends to be a fry cook?

You know the only thing more evil than a Lawyer is an Investment Banker.

Yes, I know some say politicians, but those spineless sycophants are more like larvae, able to be molded into whatever toadying lapdog their dark corporate masters require.