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# ello you orrible lot

been asked to write a kids book full of robot building projects kids can do with their dads.
they have offered me a flat rate with no royalties, price not bad but not enough enough to give up day job to give it my full attention.
there is no way i can complete it before the deadline with the time i have available at weekends
shit fuck fuckity fucking fuck !!!! a job comes along that was made for me and i cant do it because of my fucking shitty day job.


(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:00, archived)
# they approached you?
if so, can't they be negotiated with for more time/money?
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:02, archived)
# trying that now
but they want it ready for fathers day next year.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:03, archived)
# go on the sick for a month and write it while you r are off...
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# isn't it 8 days at a time before you need a doctor's note?
not sure how many times a year you could do it for though
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:07, archived)
# I meant go to doctor and claim stress... get a note for month....
get paid.... write book... go back to work... win win ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# best of luck
if anyone deserves this, it's you
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# So you have about 9 months?
Well, less with printing/editing time. It's not that much of a squeeze, is it?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# there's thinking time
drawing and writing,
then re-drafting, consultation etc
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:08, archived)
# The worst that could happen is you don't finish it in time.
Thinking time can be done in quiet spots through the week, surely.
edit: fuck, you're not amoebaboy, but the point still stands, dammit.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# trust me mu
those cunts i work for make sure theres no quiet spots.
its like a fucking prison camp.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:11, archived)
# It still seems worth going for to me. You might get more work off the back of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:14, archived)
# You might also want to invest some time in looking for a less cunty employer
and move to a day job that lets you have a little more time for other things. (Been there, done that)
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:04, archived)
# copy deadline new year
i would have to bust my balls every weekend, my day job fucks me right up
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# wankers
(I helped save b3ta! arseboon dilbaro arseboon dilbaro, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:15, archived)
# No way to wrangle time off at all?
Tell them *old relative* died and take a weeks compassionate leave.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:17, archived)
# sack, sack, and more sack
you have no idea.
(I helped save b3ta! arseboon dilbaro arseboon dilbaro, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:20, archived)
# ^this^
this and more this, you have no idea.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:25, archived)
# shit! go for it
there comes a point in life when you should just trust in providence. find a way to get this book done even if it means fucking this job over. sometimes things have a habit of coming together when you trust your instincts :)

(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:52, archived)
# can't you do it between punters?
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:03, archived)
# fraid not smashy
gotta pay the bills you know.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:05, archived)
# shame
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# Write it in your own time.....for yourself... then aproach a publisher... then get royalties as well..
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:04, archived)
# has been considered
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# good plan
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:08, archived)
# ^
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09, archived)
# Good plan... if they approached you with a fixed offer, they know it's going to sell....
also , if they approached you, it's because they know that you can contribute something unique that no one else can to the book to make it sell more copies than if they got someone else to write it instead...

go for it and good luck
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:12, archived)
# Good luck!
Keep us posted :)
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:13, archived)
# They would have records of approaching him with the idea.
Wouldn't writing it for himself would break some interllectual property laws?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:15, archived)
# I don't know....... he might have to go back in time and change history before anyone had thought of making it happen in the first place...
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:20, archived)
# i hope thats not true
they could really fuck me up, nah,, just call it build robots from rubbish or some shit like that.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:24, archived)
# Pfft.,,,, stop pretending you don't know how to build a time machine......
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:29, archived)
# if he hasn't accepted the offer
i would think that anything he does that doesn't break plagiary or copyright laws still counts as his own intellectual property
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:28, archived)
# He should just put a hit on them and have them killed......
Then do it in his own time when he;s ready.....
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:32, archived)
# now that right there is a plan
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:36, archived)
# Yay.... if you and me put our heads toghether.. we could solve world hunger I'm telling ya..! ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:39, archived)
# i've already got a solution to that
but people don't seem to like it
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:41, archived)
# So have I.... My solution is eat supper... which I'm just going to do...!!
If only everyone thought of just eating supper.... they would be no more hunger or starvation... night.....
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:49, archived)
# just had mine
and as i'm now stupidly tired, i'm off for some much-needed sleep.
g'night!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:50, archived)
# i could just go the cory doctorow route
and stick it on the internet for free, you dont have to worry about people nicking it, and people buy the book when it comes out anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:37, archived)
# yeah! fuck their shit right up!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:43, archived)
# This would be less time consuming and less expensive than building a time machine....
Which ever way you do go dude..... hope you get it done the way you want it done.... and hopefully make lots of money too.. ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:44, archived)
# Take some holidays?
Or break a couple of decent sized bones and sit and do it in hospital.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:04, archived)
# ^
A good idea. Break a femur going bungee jumping drunk. You have the fun of getting pissed, probably have the fun of the bungee jumping though you won't remember, *and* break your leg. Or do what a friend of mine did. Get pissed, fall over the barrier at Liverpool St., wake up at the Royal London being interviewed by the police, and spend a fortnight in hospital on morphine.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:27, archived)
# pull a sickie?
(I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# Do your own book and publish it when you're ready.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06, archived)
# You could hire a ghost writer but I think the pencils would slip through his hands ;)
I hope you manage it somehow.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:24, archived)
# score some adderall and work nights
YOU LAZY SHIT

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(I helped save b3ta! e1bow parts of this page are not secure, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 0:59, archived)
# As you can see, meebs, the quality of publishing advice available round here is piss-poor.
They ARE taking the piss, these joker publishers. Cynical as fuck. But if you fancy it, do it.
And sit aghast as they refuse your phone calls when they sell 1,000,000 copies for £1 - £2 via every shit discount outlet going, and you're stuck with £3k you've already spent, and no intellectual property rights.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 1:00, archived)
# perhaps you could outsource bits of the book to b3tards
there would need to be some editing to weed out the CDC's and such stuff.

but it could mean that you only actually have to do a quarter of the actuall work.

also, if you're coming up with the ideas as well as the illustrations then a flat rate doesn't sit right with me.i want a royalty as well as contol over what other medium they might want to port the format into in the future.

just a thought.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 9:56, archived)