ROFL! BTW, has any one noticed that big black blob on the cover looks like a profile of a long, LONG necked laughing llama? (Could it be he’s laughing at this cover like the rest of us?)
I wonder which part of the budget that $75 came from?
Also, both flags have distorted aspect ratios, and in real life the two flags have different reds (neither of which is on this cover).
James F. Brown
10 years ago
IMHO, most book contests are ripoff scams preying on clueless noob wannabe authors. Whenever I see a book contest “gold seal” on a cover, I automatically assume the book is by an amateur.
How many successful authors enter contests? Not many, perhaps (statistically)none.
Over at the review blog, we used to get plenty of self-pubbed books with proclamations that they were contest winners. We would always be skeptical of these proclamations, especially after checking out the contests websites, and once we read a chapter our doubts would be vindicated.
Ericb
10 years ago
Read the synopsis. Yeah, China just marching it and taking over Central Asia will make China a super power. It’s that easy. It won’t be anything like the Soviet and American (and British) experiences in Afghanistan. The only reason I can think of the US ever supporting such a move would be to ruin China with hopeless, giant guerrilla war. The Uighurs aren’t enough, they want more restless and resentful minorities to rule over.
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Honorable mention, huh? Have the people at the Hollywood Book Festival seen this cover? Or was it the only entry besides the one that won?
ROFL! BTW, has any one noticed that big black blob on the cover looks like a profile of a long, LONG necked laughing llama? (Could it be he’s laughing at this cover like the rest of us?)
For $75 you too can have an “honorable mention”.
I wonder which part of the budget that $75 came from?
Also, both flags have distorted aspect ratios, and in real life the two flags have different reds (neither of which is on this cover).
IMHO, most book contests are ripoff scams preying on clueless noob wannabe authors. Whenever I see a book contest “gold seal” on a cover, I automatically assume the book is by an amateur.
How many successful authors enter contests? Not many, perhaps (statistically)none.
Agreed.
Over at the review blog, we used to get plenty of self-pubbed books with proclamations that they were contest winners. We would always be skeptical of these proclamations, especially after checking out the contests websites, and once we read a chapter our doubts would be vindicated.
Read the synopsis. Yeah, China just marching it and taking over Central Asia will make China a super power. It’s that easy. It won’t be anything like the Soviet and American (and British) experiences in Afghanistan. The only reason I can think of the US ever supporting such a move would be to ruin China with hopeless, giant guerrilla war. The Uighurs aren’t enough, they want more restless and resentful minorities to rule over.