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32 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2009
About the author
Neal Bailey
40 books12 followersNeal was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. He attended college at Western Washington University, pursuing a course in secondary education before being drummed out of the program and forced back to his one true love, the written word. It’s a long story. An administrator went bonkers and he wasn’t much interested in teaching anyway.
Don’t worry about it.
By this time he had written three novels, but hadn’t yet learned his lesson, and proceeded to continue writing novels for the next twenty years. The more recent ones are worth damns.
As he did this, he wrote a number of comic books, ultimately settling on about the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth for proper publication. There were times, many times, when his work was accepted by publishers, and then those publishers closed, so most of the time, he works for himself. This is good. It keeps him hungry. It makes the work better. That’s what he tells himself, anyway. It would be nice to have some scratch, though, he often thinks.
In the middle of all of that, to pay the bills, he delivered papers, bussed tables, hosted, waited tables, cooked, worked construction, did day labor, was a caregiver, and took work as a handyman. When he was a construction worker he built houses, which is kind of cool, but unfortunately most of his clients when he was a caregiver have since died. It wasn’t his fault. Honest.
Most recently he was a personal assistant. Now he just writes. And after he wrote that last sentence, he wondered casually how one could reduce all the time, faith, effort, work, and life that goes into writing into a “just,” but by the time the next sentence had come to pass, he’d moved on. Produce or die.
He was represented by a reputable agent for a good long time, but that agent forgot that he existed and unceremoniously dumped him randomly. It was a bummer. Are you an agent? Do you want a crazy, dedicated, hard-working and hungry writer with a whole bunch of experience and some good books that need to get noticed? Let’s kick some ass. Neal Bailey is a closer. He gets coffee. No, that’s not what I mean. I won’t get you coffee. It’s a reference. I have to explain that? Oh, Jesus Christ.
Don’t worry about it.
By this time he had written three novels, but hadn’t yet learned his lesson, and proceeded to continue writing novels for the next twenty years. The more recent ones are worth damns.
As he did this, he wrote a number of comic books, ultimately settling on about the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth for proper publication. There were times, many times, when his work was accepted by publishers, and then those publishers closed, so most of the time, he works for himself. This is good. It keeps him hungry. It makes the work better. That’s what he tells himself, anyway. It would be nice to have some scratch, though, he often thinks.
In the middle of all of that, to pay the bills, he delivered papers, bussed tables, hosted, waited tables, cooked, worked construction, did day labor, was a caregiver, and took work as a handyman. When he was a construction worker he built houses, which is kind of cool, but unfortunately most of his clients when he was a caregiver have since died. It wasn’t his fault. Honest.
Most recently he was a personal assistant. Now he just writes. And after he wrote that last sentence, he wondered casually how one could reduce all the time, faith, effort, work, and life that goes into writing into a “just,” but by the time the next sentence had come to pass, he’d moved on. Produce or die.
He was represented by a reputable agent for a good long time, but that agent forgot that he existed and unceremoniously dumped him randomly. It was a bummer. Are you an agent? Do you want a crazy, dedicated, hard-working and hungry writer with a whole bunch of experience and some good books that need to get noticed? Let’s kick some ass. Neal Bailey is a closer. He gets coffee. No, that’s not what I mean. I won’t get you coffee. It’s a reference. I have to explain that? Oh, Jesus Christ.
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September 29, 2024
My name is Neal Bailey. I wrote this book.
The editors never paid me what I was owed by contract for my work, and continue to republish it without my permission or a proper accounting. It's been fifteen years now that they've been exploiting the work despite my demands to have it removed, in multiple editions, across multiple formats.
The company keeps changing its name to dodge accountability for its practices, and has for decades.
When I told Amazon that the work was in breach of contract, a representative for the company told Amazon that they were honoring my contract, so Amazon keeps it up, so they continue profiting off my work.
Worse, I disavow the work, because I never had proper access to it during its creation.
I keep changing the author name to Alan Smithee, someone keeps changing it back to my name.
When I threatened legal action, the editor laughed at me over email and mocked me.
I was sent a bill for services rendered when I persisted. A BILL. For SERVICES. RENDERED.
To support this company or any of its many new names is to support thieves.
Also, the books suck because there was no communication to speak of between author and artist as they were created. So there's also that.
Save your money for better publications, reputable publishers, or even better, buy one of my other books and help make up for what these people are continuing to do with work I don't even claim.
Thanks.
The editors never paid me what I was owed by contract for my work, and continue to republish it without my permission or a proper accounting. It's been fifteen years now that they've been exploiting the work despite my demands to have it removed, in multiple editions, across multiple formats.
The company keeps changing its name to dodge accountability for its practices, and has for decades.
When I told Amazon that the work was in breach of contract, a representative for the company told Amazon that they were honoring my contract, so Amazon keeps it up, so they continue profiting off my work.
Worse, I disavow the work, because I never had proper access to it during its creation.
I keep changing the author name to Alan Smithee, someone keeps changing it back to my name.
When I threatened legal action, the editor laughed at me over email and mocked me.
I was sent a bill for services rendered when I persisted. A BILL. For SERVICES. RENDERED.
To support this company or any of its many new names is to support thieves.
Also, the books suck because there was no communication to speak of between author and artist as they were created. So there's also that.
Save your money for better publications, reputable publishers, or even better, buy one of my other books and help make up for what these people are continuing to do with work I don't even claim.
Thanks.
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