tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post4611463408237629290..comments2023-03-26T00:32:04.997-07:00Comments on Absolute Blight: Absolute WriteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-16840262308105845152015-02-02T20:13:01.387-08:002015-02-02T20:13:01.387-08:00While many of the comments registered here against...While many of the comments registered here against AW are unfortunately accurate, I'd point out that it is a private board and nobody is being forced to continue to frequent it or contribute to it.<br /><br />You have a choice... "leave". ("Check out the back, Jack; make a new plan, Stan; no need to be coy, Roy... just set yourself free.")<br /><br />That's what I did! :-)Bulos Qoqishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16461658827589813112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-44158864015235200442014-03-02T11:30:49.614-08:002014-03-02T11:30:49.614-08:00Wow, I had no idea my experiences on that site wer...Wow, I had no idea my experiences on that site were so common. Mean, nasty mods. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-64061746857744440702014-02-27T21:11:23.557-08:002014-02-27T21:11:23.557-08:00Agreed.Agreed.Mileynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-88854744187751524622014-02-27T16:44:50.242-08:002014-02-27T16:44:50.242-08:00If you like killing time on the internet with mise...If you like killing time on the internet with miserable people, Absolute-write is the place for you. If you are trying to work your craft and learn a thing or two... look elsewhere. Just awful, bitter wannabes of the lowest ilk. I can't put it any more plainly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-86070438097166146952014-02-05T06:08:50.298-08:002014-02-05T06:08:50.298-08:00Enough sitting on the sidelines. Let's go to W...Enough sitting on the sidelines. Let's go to W.A.R. http://writeabsolutereviews.blogspot.com<br><br>We're looking for posters to provide specific information and links to Absolute Write incompetency and bullying.Jerryhttp://writeabsolutereviews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-13847034792513424172014-01-13T07:31:28.684-08:002014-01-13T07:31:28.684-08:00Well, correction. http://absolutewrong.blogspot.co...Well, correction. http://absolutewrong.blogspot.com/2013/12/those-pesky-legalities.html <br><br>The detective pretty much proves Melodi Sherman and Macallister Stone are the same person. That means Melodi has been pushing herself off as Macallister Stone to who knows how many people? Obviously, the photo snappers at Viable Paradise believe she is a Macallister Stone. Little did they know they were taking pictures of a fraud, a walking and talking human sock puppet. OMG. A sock puppet in the flesh.Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-36464681393022634682014-01-12T22:09:43.979-08:002014-01-12T22:09:43.979-08:00http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=macallister stoneM...http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=macallister stone<br><br>Macallister Stone is not Lisa or Melodi. She is herself. This is the real Stone. Too many pics spread over different accounts, and more on DigitalMedievalist at Flickr as well as Stone's own Flickr account which feature her looking like Prince Valiant with dyed blonde hair and riding a big fat horse. She and Lisa are living together in WA state, about an hour from Seattle. They raise horses and little ducks and spend their spare time ripping new ones at AW.Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-5392452197958206752013-12-09T12:09:32.847-08:002013-12-09T12:09:32.847-08:00(LOL)(LOL)Poetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-54967959580952316982013-12-09T08:42:58.089-08:002013-12-09T08:42:58.089-08:00You do apparently, since this is your sixth commen...You do apparently, since this is your sixth comment on the subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-91396538662280396132013-12-08T17:19:52.487-08:002013-12-08T17:19:52.487-08:00Ditto to what I've been saying on every thread...Ditto to what I've been saying on every thread about this topic. Who the f%ck cares?Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-56184843530812741542013-12-06T21:42:04.641-08:002013-12-06T21:42:04.641-08:00"I know the type, and I sincerely hope someon..."I know the type, and I sincerely hope someone is able to bring legal action against Lisa Spangenberg and her hateful crew."<br>Amen to that.Mardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-64273185741900771612013-12-06T14:07:58.999-08:002013-12-06T14:07:58.999-08:00Absolute Write, in the hands of Lisa Spangenberg a...Absolute Write, in the hands of Lisa Spangenberg and her associates, is in effect a judge-jury-prosecutor platform, and one utilized on an almost daily basis to publicly humiliate, bash, defame and even scold people they have never met and do not know, as well as businesses they have never interacted with in any form whatsoever. All it takes is for one question to be asked, or one axe grinder to make an appearance, and the predators smell blood. A swarm of anonymous fairies and fops with ridiculous icons appear and begin fomenting themselves into leaps of logic, unfounded assumptions, and distortions of reality. All this would be amusing if it were not for the fact that their extensive dialogues and diatribes become public record and are ranked high in Google.<br><br>And will the average reader always understand what kind of sociopaths he or she is witnessing. Not necessarily. They appear to speak from authority quite often, give the appearance of sincerity, and there is a background history of real scams revealed by Absolute Write. Users there like Victoria Strauss, who give the appearance of legitimacy, will rush in to show support. But as we all know, the best way to maintain the momentum at Absolute Write is to mix a few grains of truth into one continuous and hydra-headed avalanche of lie. In reality, the core site is a lie on more than one level. The owner and her sock puppets and assorted gang not only shred people all day for amusement and publicity (as someone pointed out, the mediocre writers get publicity for their poorly written books each time they post) and monetary gain (huge revenue from advertisements), the site itself purports to offer good advice to writers when in fact it does no such thing. Advice is amateurish and quite often just plain wrong.<br><br>Regardless, the bullies at Absolute Write, herded there by Lisa Spangenberg (as we all now know) and goaded on by her at all times with great vigor, basically function as a Salem witch trial. Accusations are often baseless, but delivered and discussed with excessive zeal. Victims are displayed for purposes of torture, and anyone who disagrees is accused of being a witch also.<br><br>One has to ask: what gives such cowardly arm-chair nerds the right to act as prosecutors, judge and jury? Nothing gives them the right. These are a bunch of losers looking for payback. I've seen it before. I've fired abnormals like this at my job because they were caught retaliating against other workers using phony online identities.<br><br>I know the type, and I sincerely hope someone is able to bring legal action against Lisa Spangenberg and her hateful crew.Publisher W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-75637923492121900852013-11-08T17:35:19.807-08:002013-11-08T17:35:19.807-08:00It wouldn't be so bad if the censorship was at...It wouldn't be so bad if the censorship was at least even-handed. But it's not. There's one law for the Mac crowd and another for the rest of the members, who are treated worse than second class citizens.Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02124354080147010375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-83936334159060771452013-11-08T02:17:26.244-08:002013-11-08T02:17:26.244-08:00Don't be fooled into thinking AW is a discussi...Don't be fooled into thinking AW is a discussion board. It's really a retirement home for redundant industry shills and third rate hacks who can't forgive Amazon for destroying their livelihood. Their hatred has driven some of them mad. Even the board owner spends her time on Twitter talking to her sock puppets like some virtual Norman Bates. No advice you read there can be trusted, and should always be verified elsewhere. It's best not to post there at all as they delete and edit posts at will. However it's quite good fun to play "Spot the Sock".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-81834121664828961972013-11-07T14:10:42.805-08:002013-11-07T14:10:42.805-08:00Yes, and there are a limited amount of writers. So...Yes, and there are a limited amount of writers. So it's not too smart to alienate as many of them as you can and boot them off the site. Terrible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-35983699204396763322013-11-07T14:08:34.316-08:002013-11-07T14:08:34.316-08:00Have you noticed how there aren't as many post...Have you noticed how there aren't as many posts and posters as there used to be at AW, and no wonder. You can't treat newcomers like dirt and ban them for no good reason and expect that your overall membership and participation won't suffer. AW figures they're big enough to get away with all this abuse, but hey, they are not! Nothing stays the same or lasts forever, and I'd say AW is on its last legs.Harry Nortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-58648909560426080612013-11-07T12:55:30.939-08:002013-11-07T12:55:30.939-08:00I meant to say 'jumped out AT you.' Sheesh...I meant to say 'jumped out AT you.' Sheesh, no edit function here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-9331090230083873112013-11-07T12:54:18.922-08:002013-11-07T12:54:18.922-08:00You'll notice that the mods and the regulars a...You'll notice that the mods and the regulars all have the big avatars that really jump out of you. They pay for those, that's why they're given preferential treatment over the peasants with the small avvies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-12252122399041101582013-11-07T12:28:36.874-08:002013-11-07T12:28:36.874-08:00There's no way a normal person can participate...There's no way a normal person can participate on AW. Have you noticed how any advice an "outsider" gives is immediately jumped on and trashed by one of the ignorant "regulars"? I really feel sorry for a newbie who believes the pile of donkey doo they're peddling there.Berylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-77881773807998769802013-11-07T12:23:48.859-08:002013-11-07T12:23:48.859-08:00I agree. Their advice would have been fine 15 year...I agree. Their advice would have been fine 15 years ago, but today it's so outdated it's comical. Imagine querying agents, and not any old agent but TOP ones until you get one to take on your manuscript. ha ha Good luck with than one. If I'd followed that bad advice I'd still be querying instead of which I've sold thousands of copies of my books via smaller publishers and self publishing. AW is like the stagecoach owners when the railroad came through. As for the mods, yes they are rude, and jump on everyone else who isn't even marginally as impolite as they.Berylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-34863398425889288292013-11-07T11:53:18.276-08:002013-11-07T11:53:18.276-08:00Absolutewrite They have mods that make all kinds o...Absolutewrite They have mods that make all kinds of pronouncements about publishing and they are SO outdated as to be nonsense. One of the mods recommends a book from 1999 to everyone. You can't try to offer real advice to people who ask because a crazy mod will attack you and tell everyone that you are wrong and then proceed to give advice from 1999. It isn't just self publishing they don't know about,, it's any modern information about publishing. This "supermod" recommends a book to everyone that says 'you may not want to use your typewriter for you manuscript as many people these days are learning about computers." LOL That would be OK though if she didn't tell everyone else they were wrong about everything or she didn't tell them they should be ashamed if their book sells less than 20,000 copies or if the Head Admin didn't ban anyone who said anything in reply to the crazy mod and that crazy old mod runs amok all over the board insulting people.Amanda Hugandkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252025272009344720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-35408819596197427432013-11-05T12:56:30.123-08:002013-11-05T12:56:30.123-08:00Have you noticed how many mods there are there now...Have you noticed how many mods there are there now? Crikey, talk about too many chiefs and not enough Indians. And it makes me uncomfortable the way they attack publishers etc.unless they're one of the much revered "majors." Who, incidentally, are on the ropes due to the Internet. That lot over there just haven't moved with the times. Every book is now available on Amazon, it's the great equalizer.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-89429301088909066342013-11-04T21:43:39.100-08:002013-11-04T21:43:39.100-08:00I'm very left wing and traditionally (TRADE) p...I'm very left wing and traditionally (TRADE) published but I was bullied there too.Shay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383678743839762482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-42090086259585875762013-11-04T21:40:11.802-08:002013-11-04T21:40:11.802-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.This comment has been removed by the author.Shay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383678743839762482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909152101528648562.post-30803315890579876022013-11-04T21:22:28.276-08:002013-11-04T21:22:28.276-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.This comment has been removed by the author.Amanda Hugandkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252025272009344720noreply@blogger.com