Monday, November 07, 2005

Is Impersonating An Author a Felony?

Him: I wonder what it would be like to do a writer's signing. It would be really cool to meet the fans and have them say nice things about your work. It would have to be a great motivator.

Her: Yeah! You should try finishing something sometime, and find out.

Him: I'm workin on it. Hmn, in the mean-time, it would be cool to show up at a bookstore and pretend to be a little-known author. Just choose somebody off the shelf who doesn't have a picture on the back of the book, and arrange for a signing at the bookstore.

Her: Um...

Him: Like this guy. I could be, er... John Smyth Rutgers III. I could have written about... (reads the flap) Uhm, An incestuous love-affair that changes the course of the French-American War. This is popular stuff.

Her: Go for it.

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My NaNoWriMo progress - 10,013 words.

(Shaking fist at Doug and Invisible Lizard in I shall defeat you mannerism)

3 comments:

  1. LOL- Ummmmmmmm..........Maybe choose a different author?

    In a NON-incestuous affair. During the war between the sexes. In 3085.

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  2. If your luck is anything like mine, you'd get halfway through the signing, and the REAL author would turn up.

    He'd also be 8 feet tall, and built like a brick s**t house.

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  3. HAHAHAHHAHA. With MY luck, the author would actually be someone who worked in the store, uses all their money to scrape together a few published copies, puts these copies on the shelf, and would be the one booking the appointments for author signings. Yeah, my luck sucks.

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