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Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Schnook Writes A Book
Way to stay under the radar there kid. He'll be lucky if the DA gets to him before the PRBlinkies.
Can we start an anti-campaign if this thing actually happends? Banners ads of "Casey is a Looser" all over the internet to his Wiki-page? The misspelling alone would drive enough people to check it out and help us discredit him/prevent profitable sales.
Of course that assumes CS finds a publisher that knows what they are doing and lets face it, I doubt we have too much to worry about!
1. Planning to write the book himself to self-publish (which he can do for a thousand or less), or
2. Hooked up with someone (maybe Nigel) offering to ghostwrite his story and telling him everything he wants to hear. There are lots and lots of those guys around.
I'm a professional writer-editor like guy.. it's what I do for a living, and so I run into a lot of Caseys. And if there's one thing - just one - that the last ten years have taught me, it's that *everyone* is writing a book. Until there's a deal, it's a fantasy.
Of course, we won't know more until he comes up with details.. so I guess we'll just have to jump to those pesky conclusions again..
It sounds like a typical vanity-press situation to me. He has to front the money. He has none, so either the book won't happen or he's lined up someone to pony up. Either way, it doesn't mean that anyone will buy it, and without a major publisher pushing it, it's not like he will be able to generate much buzz (aside from Nigel's award-winning PRWeb release.)
For an attention whore like Casey, the only bad press is no press. Like Casey Fannnnn said, leave the dying bug alone and watch it squirm.
gameover, I think that would only encourage book sales. Either way i dont see more than 100k selling(this is being extremely optimistic and generous IMO). IF he does sell that many....well is creditors can lay claims to that when he files BK. He will have to list the probable book sale as an asset. I hope he does sell some books. Then maybe his creditors will get back perhaps 10 cents on the dollar. foolish to announce it now IMO. If he wanted to keep the proceeds he should have waited until after BK. I would have thought that scammer Casey would have gone that route.
I'd bet a wheatgrass shot (Nature's ExLax) Nigey Pooh told him not to worry about that contract he signed...of course the old queen knows EVERYTHING there is to know about the legalities of such things.
Honestly Wondering is right - everyone *is* writing a book, it's common now that if you are involved in a national or international news story, criminal or otherwise, you can sell your rights or sign a deal before the story is even over.
Snowflake's got too many issues to successfuly write and market a book: yet. There's no ending...yet.
If Casey is going to provide advise...well, all I'm gonna say is I would talk to lawyers before doing that - with his track record, he'd most likely be advising people how to break the law.
I hate to say, but Slushflake pulled another rabbit out of his ass that will generate traffic. He might get a week of hits out of it - not enough to bring IAFF to it's old Nigel Has An Erection™ levels, but enough to give him (them both) false hope.
I honestly hope he does try to market a book. The DA will LOVE that.
what exactly is he going to write about? his lying, his early rizer failure, his 24% return scam, his PRLink screw-up, his 75% success rate on taking the trash out, his carrying a fagbag, his....well you get the idea. You would only buy the book if you wanted to read pure entertainment about the laziest F*CKER on the planet and a rookie scam artist.
I am guessing that Nigel has nothing to do with the book.
If that's the case, what a blow! Look how far Nigel had his nose up Caseys ass. Hanging on Caseys coat tails. Just when Nigel thought he was about to seal the deal, Casey kicked him to the curb.
Imagine that. Nigel Swaby got used and tossed aside by Casey Serin. Can it get any worse than that? What a looser!
Another way to look at this is that Slushflake is running out of options - I've been waiting for the "I'm writing a book!" announcement, it's a sign he's walked away mentally from the houses, despite what the lenders and authorities might think, and it's yet another excuse he can give his wife, family, and freinds for not getting a job and sitting on his ass another couple of months.
"I can't take out the trash, I'm wriiiiiiitttttttiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg!" he'll whine. Bet on it.
People have been blowing smoke up his skirts for months about his supposed "skills", and he went for it hook, line, and sinker. He probably believes he's a skilled writer, and he can polish this turn enough to make sales. Good luck with that.
And once the book fails, like everything else in life, he'll have one less excuse to take control of his life, grow up, and take his responsibilities seriously.
I've watched people I know waste decades on such dreams - in that he's not unique. What makes him unique is that he's chasing a dream that does not exist: the riches and fame from flipping houses.
Just like my ex-freind who wasted tens of thousands of dollars and time and decades of her life chasing the Amway game, Slushflake doesn't get that he's been a pawn in a huge ponzi scheme that his "gurus" have been running since before he was born, and he's too dull witted, stupid, and lazy to figure that out - and trying to come up with cons of his own that fail before they even begin. He's trying to play a game he doesnt even know the rules of, let alone the strategy. Even OTHER sleazeballs walk away from him shaking their heads. NOT all good!
Now, if he were to write an expose of the fake gurus, sleazy real estate agents, fraudulent mortgage brokers, and reveal that all along he was doing what he was to expose it all...then I might read a book he might write.
I emailed PR Link Biz. Last time she was very happy when I alerted her to Casey posting their contract, which lead to IAFF.com getting pulled. I bet she keeps a lower profile this time around and bides her time.
well I just dropped the no limit ladies a line. I don't approve of what they tried to do to Snowflake but I will enjoy watching another blow up/cat fight...
He had 170k unique visitors for March. Keep in mind that depending on the tracker a unique visitor can be a unique IP in say a four or six hour period. So if you check IAFF twice a day, you account for 60 unique visitors per month. I think a very very optimistic estimate of the actual people who hit his site might be 6k per month, most of which return monthly. Even if every single person who goes to his site bought a book, he couldn't sell more than 8k. Really, I doubt he could sell 500 copies. Any real publisher is not going to be interested. He's either being scammed or dreaming.
Haterz! A super EN web exclusive brought to you by the EN investigative journalism department! Our deeply undercover embedded operatives have quite the scoop for you today. It's the rough draft of Casey Serin's latest blockbuster!
Tentative title: How I bought 8 houses with no money down and lost $2.2 million in real estate
Chapter 1: How I bought 8 houses with no money down and lost $2.2 million in real estate (20 pages) Chapter 2: Interesting guru quotes Chapter 3: Why all the hate? Chapter 4: What's on my Ipod? Chapter 5: Interactive napping chapter Chapter 6: The menu at Chipotle Chapter 7: Fresh squeezed juice and you Chapter 8: Funny things I read on the internet Chapter 9: How to breakdance spastically in three easy steps Chapter 10: High school reminisces Chapter 11: Defecate your way to success! Chapter 12: The time I lost my PDA Chapter 13: Funny chatlogs I was in Chapter 14: Quizilla quiz results Appendix: Popular hater comments (the only reason anyone buys the book)
Casey's "publishing" options include those such as Publishamerica and other PODs (Publishers On Demand). They have an imaginary "submission review" process, which invariably results, after a convincing interval, in "acceptance" of anything. The upside of this to the wannabe writer is that there are no up-front fees. The downside is that the list price is set by the POD, usually at $19.95 or more for a slim, softcover book with no illustrations, and that printing and binding quality is wildly variable even in a contiguous "print run". Authors of such works get a cut of the price as set by the POD. Look for Casey to "publish" in this fashion, if his book should ever actually be realized.
Even a skilled ghost writer doesn't guarantee success. I'll try to keep this brief, but I was in the motorcycle biz in the early 80s, and there was a "motorcycling grandma" of some fame at the time – she was even on the Carson show once.
She got it in her head that her story was worthy of a book. Harley Davidson agreed, and spent nearly $100K on a writer and some minor marketing.
When it was all done… she had meddled and twisted the story, insisting in meaningless story elements like failed high school dates, various medical problems, a divorce, etc. etc. All terribly important to HER – but having nothing to do with a potentially great story.
The result? Rambling, boring, self-aggrandizing dreck. In the end, no publisher would touch it. Even with H-D's backing. Finally, she took out a 2nd mortgage on her house, and did the Vanity Press deal. She held her own "book signings" at motorcycle rallies. She took boxes of books to "mom and pop" bookstores and begged them to sell it. It was a very sad situation to watch unfold.
When she passed away a few years later, the garage of her house was piled floor-to-ceiling with thousands of unsold books.
I can see very much the same thing happening here – only minus serious financial backing, and probably minus a talented ghost writer (don't kid yourself Nigel… you're NOT a talented writer).
KC will be doing this through his corporation. That way his lenders like CashCall won't be able to touch any of the profits.
He has plenty of material to write a book: a poor immigrant boy starts as an entrepreneurs and falls victim of bankers and the system; he feels bad and tries to make it right and return every dirty penny to his creditors; he's a religious person that keeps giving 10% to the church; he goes to the extreme of begging on the internet; meanwhile, hordes of haterz(TM) attack him on his blog; he can provide transcripts of web-conferences he had to explain himself and fend attacks...
Face it, KC will get away with what he did... and profit. The people that continue to visit his site and post on it have help him get notoriety. This is a con who knows how to use other people's best (or worst) intentions for his own interest.
Casey will need a ghost-writer simply because he has no sense of commitment and would never finish the project; nor would he structure the book to be readable in any way; and his writings skills are terrible; which even with an editor, will make it really uninteresting.
He'd need someone to take what is a story of stupidity, stubborn resolve and apathy, and turn it into some sort of learning tool; which is a lesson 99.9% of the general populace already knows. He will have a very small market. BUT... he may get sales if the Haterz™ all rush out to buy it just for laughs.
I wonder if he's going to self-publish or if he's got an agent or publisher in line already. I very much doubt the latter.
I am trying to help a friend get a book published. It's not easy. He might find a small publisher willing to take him on ***BUT*** he won't get the exposure he'd need outside of his blog.
Problem with his blog is that he gets nothing but haterz there. If he does have supporters I'd question they are enough people to make a book a bestseller.
The other problem for our young Juicer is that books are hard work. Hours and hours of writing, editing which most people would do in many long, late nights. He doesn't seem to like missing sleep so he's screwed there. He also would be limited in looking for "sweet deals."
I chalk this up to a mixture of trolling for realist posts and the hope he finds somebody interested in helping him. Let's say he finishes it and finds a decent sized publishing house? Who would buy his book? Not us, not the folks being foreclosed upon (I am sure many more of these kinds of books will be published within the next year!) and certainly not the masses.
Here's a fact for Casey. If you want to sell some books you will need to disclose loads of things that you may find uncomfortable. Tell all books always sell. This means you will have to throw some people under the bus in order to tell a compelling story.
I see Nigel has returned to normal pretending that everything that went down NEVER HAPPENED. I also think he invented a moniker to have a conversation with, because nobody else agrees that Casey is too small of a fish. COME BACK SWEET TRAFFIC! PUUUUUULEEEEEEEEEZE!
And the book will "help people". Heh. Casey's never helped anyone but himself; he has no practical advice to offer other than "don't do what I did".
Oy Vey's sales estimate is much more realistic than Aaron's -- outside his blog bubble, I just don't think Casey has enough public notoriety to drive big sales. (Oh, sure, a few media appearences here and there; but his story hasn't gone viral the way other blog stories have. And "oh, it's that schmuck who was in USA Today last year" doesn't naturally lead to "I'll buy that book.")
The "funding" does smell of vanity publishing to me.
But here's another theory: the "funding" is a salary paid from Casey's corporate borrowing. "Writing a book" is a creative way to justify CaseyCorp paying Casey's living expenses. In six months the book will either flop or fail to appear altogether; CaseyCorp will fold; and Casey will walk away.
(Oh, and I don't buy the whole "Casey's blog is ghostwritten" thing; it's the same idiot writing it as always. The comment moderation is the giveaway -- anyone would do a quicker job than Casey. Even Nigel said there was nothing to it.)
I just got a call from a friend of mine that is a producer for a television news program in a large city.
She asked me if I was familiar with the Casey Serin story since she knows I am a "Real Estate" guy.
We spent the next 20 minutes talking about snowflake and she said they are working on a story about him and want to interview some of the Opponents (Haterz TM).
She knows I am shy around that stuff and keep a pretty low profile on media related things so I referred her to this site and suggested she interview Rob Dawg since he is our leader.
Oh this is going to be awesome because I have known her for some time and she isnt into the fluff, blow smoke up my ass news pieces.
Someone needs to clue Snowflake that all his royalties are belong to us at EN if he neglects to get releases from any of us for what we posted there...I've seen nothing there as to who owns comments made by us...and let's face it many of us have generated a lot of original content which would actually sell his book. Wouldn't it be fun to file a copyright suit against him? Or add a libel claim for calling us haters/haterz?
Seriously though, I doubt the flip-n-burntard celebutard wannabe has the stiuck-to-itivness to even come up with a book title, let alone a book.
Oh and I'm psyched that the journalists are now going to interview people other than the Snowflake for perspective on him...this should be fun!
I am a professional writer/editor and freelancer and I can tell you right now, unless Nigel is ghostwriting this thing, no writer worth their salt is going to touch this project. First off, we writers like to get paid in a timely fashion. We like to work with people who stick to their contracts, respond to our editing queries with real answers, and recognize the fact that we are professionals with standards and ethics.
These are all things that KC doesn't seem to understand. Plus, he's going to grow bored with the process--and there's no instant gratification to it at all--not like a blog.
He's probably hooked us with some shystie vanity press (Vantage, Falcon, Dorrance, anyone?)and thinks that they really care about him as an author. You hand them about $7,000 or more and they'll print anything you want.
Perhaps Casey should look up Jayson Blair's book and see how well that one did--or perhaps Stephen Glass' The Fabulist.
It'll be a short time before he moves on to some other hare-brained idea.
Getting published is one thing. Being successful enough to make a living on it; completely different. You have to be a prolific writer or a blockbuster/bestseller to get rich off of it.
Casey's barking up the wrong tree if he thinks he can sit by and get passive income from royalties.
Relax, this is just another episode of the Fantasy Of The Week in Caseyland. Stay tuned for a new and exciting change in direction next week!
This sounds about right to me. Writing a book is not like writing a blog entry. It's hard work, which as we all know, Casey is not fond of. He may be all hot to trot now, but I think he'll lose enthusiasm and get distracted by the next shiny object in a week or two.
He might try getting a ghostwriter, but as noted, those people like to be paid, and not with IOUs.
Exactly. The book won't help anyone because Casey will not BE 100% HONEST about what caused all this. If he is going to be rehashing info we can read for free on the blog, then this book will be waste and will not make money.
Please, for the love of God, stay on my wife's good side...
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Mrs. GameOver April 12th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Wow Casey. Your utter stupidy astounds me. My husband has been posting for a while, and I can’t keep quiet any longer.
Your last post about why people dislike you so much. Gee, I wonder why. Maybe because we are all working, paying our bills and following through with our responsibilities. You don’t do anything. You have been getting good advice for months but dismiss all of it. You take money that does not belong to you and spend it on luxuries. My husband and I have never gone on a nice vacation together. Why you ask? Because we have kids and we don’t have extra money to go. You-you just say what the hell. We don’t have the money-let’s go to Hawaii anyway. Yeah I know you saved money by staying with someone, blah, blah, blah. YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE! I would love the internet on my cell phone. Why don’t I? Because it is a LUXURY-a LUXURY you cannot afford. Maybe if you were making money on the website one could argue that you need it for moderation purposes. But you aren’t making money on it.
Why people don’t like you is simple. It is because you are in a perpetual mushroom trip cloud. You never had any intention of paying this money back. You never had a plan to do it. You never got a job. You never did anything.
And now you are going to write a book? With what advice in it? How to bounce on a ball, where the nearest Jamba Juice is, how to let mail pile up? What advice do you possibly have? You have learned nothing. You did nothing to try to prevent this.
I can't find it - but do you guys remember he wrote a "chapter" for an on-line book for his friend (I think Ramit was his friend's name). When I saw Casey's into text for the article I knew immediately he'd plagiarized the piece and called him on it.....
He spent a huge amount of time saying he hadn't plagiarized.
My guess is that whoever he is working with doesn't know that Casey is unable to be honest and unless they have a major BS reader, there will be many problems with the book.
Also, if Casey is arrested and convicted for any fraud or crime related to foreclosure and bankruptcy, doesn't California have a "son of sam" law that prevents him from profiting from his crimes?????????
I have a meeting and will be away for 8 to 10 hours (ugh)....
Am interested in what the EN community has to say.
Maybe it is a coloring book. It could be bundled with 1 blue crayon for his shirt and the ball, and 20 red crayons to color in his new worth statement, bank account, and other sweet deals.
15. In Defense of the Murse - why I wear it. 16. Back to the Bank it goes - Auctions, funny hats, and the Trash Can Podium 17. It's All Good - except when it's not. 18. Trampoline Your Way to Riches 19. Assembling Your Team - Birddogging Mailmen, Homeless Dudes, and Those Dastardly Ladies. 20. Essential Tools - Nigel, Blue Balls, Electronic Thingys and more. 21. Mail - The Enemy of Success 22. Organic Semi-Vegan Diets - Why a little meat is good for you. 23. Trash Rolling - How You Can Get a Step Up on the competition. 24. How I Became More Magical Than David Copperfield 25. Lender Ignore Mode - How to Turn It On Without Fear 26. Why Grammer and Speling if For Loosers
Khatie's absolutely right. I probably do the same schtick - writing/editing freelance, mostly B2B copywriting. But a week rarely passes around here without a phone call or email from *someone* who just woke up one morning and decided to write a book. And oh, what a deal: their idea, my words, and I get a royalty cut!
Of the net! Off the hook!
Usually it's some retired exec who wants to publish his memoirs or something. Sometimes, it's one of the downtrodden with an axe to grind.. for me, last week it was a rape survivor wanting to write a children's book about her experiences.
My all-time favorite still is the homeless guy who needed to tell the world about how the Anheuser-Busch corporation was conspiring with the Pentagon to kill him, to keep him from talking about his UFO abduction experiences.
I kid you not. I still have his email. It was five pages long. Oddly enough, a royalty deal!
Like Khatie says, no independent in their right mind is going to go near Casey. Not for a royalty check. If he was willing to front a LOT of cash on deposit, then maybe.. a good contract and cash up front counts for a lot. And in this business, you're often called upon to be an arms dealer to folks absolutely determined to shoot off their feet. So he could find someone willing to take his money.
Good, established freelancers are rare, but crazies like Casey are a dime a dozen. We deal with his kind all the time - but there's a hefty up-front price premium for indulging insanity. With his personal habits, he'll probably spend a fortune and get little to show for it.
looks like this is why the FBI guy is annoyed when you call, hes chasing the "binladin spotted at jackinthebox" leads
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Attorneys General Ashcroft and Gonzales decided to deploy thousands of FBI agents around the country to work on counter-terrorism projects, drawing down on resources which otherwise would be available to address fraud and other white-collar crime without replacing them, according to a special report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The result has been a dramatic collapse in white-collar crime prosecutions across the country, with no offsetting increase in counterterrorism-related prosecutions.
Overall, the number of criminal cases investigated by the FBI nationally has steadily declined. In 2005, the bureau brought slightly more than 20,000 cases to federal prosecutors, compared with about 31,000 in 2000—a 34 percent drop. White-collar crime investigations by the bureau have plummeted in recent years. In 2005, the FBI sent prosecutors 3,500 cases—a fraction of the more than 10,000 cases assigned to agents in 2000. In Western Washington, the drop has been even more dramatic. Records show that the FBI sent 28 white-collar cases to prosecutors in 2005, down 90 percent from five years earlier. Scam artists know they are unlikely to be targeted by a criminal investigation and prosecuted under the Gonzales Justice Department.
White-collar crimes often affect the people least able to afford it—lower-income and elderly people, according to Peter Henning, a former Justice prosecutor who teaches law at Wayne State University in Detroit. "If you keep it small, and act quickly and get out of the jurisdiction, you can avoid being prosecuted," he said. "Scam artists know that."
Large numbers of FBI agents also were transferred out of violent-crime programs because bureau officials knew that local police—who have overlapping jurisdiction in violent crimes—would have to help.
The retired FBI official said the Bush administration is forcing the bureau to "cannibalize" its traditional crime-fighting units in the name of fighting terrorism. "The administration is starving the criminal program," the former official said.
Yep, I've had my share of whackos asking if I'd write/edit their book for them. Like the lunatic that asked me to edit his novel about shooting homeless people for sport.
Anyway, after I discuss my terms with prospective clients, I can tell whether they are serious or not. Particularly when I use words like "contract," "professional," "deposit,"and "fact-checking."
I'm sure that last term would send little Casey running for the hills.
If Casey is in the midst of arranging financing for this ridiculous project, could it possibly be that he has been sending out queries to legit publishers and they've all given them the thumbs down?
It has to be a vanity press. I wrote a couple of nonfiction books published by one of the big name publishing houses. My first advance would be enough to live on for 6 months and the second book got more becaues it was just after an appreance on a certain major afternoon talk show.
The way the Suze Orman's of the world become wealthy is through public speaking (I was a no one and I could get $5000/speech plus expenses), sellign tapes, workbooks and other BS at the back of the room when doing speeches/classes, aiming for a packageable product that can be sold on informercials (Orman shills her stuff on QVC). It is far from passive income.
The other issue is, who can wrote the content? I mean, it's not like Casey knows how to get out of foreclosure or anything...
I'm lucky enough to earn a decent living from full-time writing - not completely family-supporting but my wife only has to work part-time.
But a major contributing factor is that I tend to specialise in short pieces - 1,000 words tops for the most part, very very occasionally stretching to 2,500-3,000. And that's because a large number of short pieces is far more likely to generate a reliable and regular income than one or two big projects.
I haven't ruled out writing a book at some point down the line - it's the obvious next step, in many ways. But it's certainly not something I'd do lightly, and I strongly suspect my effective hourly rate would drop once I factor in the likely workload. So I'd primarily be doing it for the sheer ego-boost, with income a very secondary concern.
But then I work alongside real writers, editors and publishers all the time and suspect I have a rather more realistic idea of what's achievable than young Snowflake.
Pretty amazing how many writers/editors are hanging out here. Do you think procrastination is one of our innate skills?
It's not procrastination, it's writing the piece in your head and getting it perfect prior to putting it down on paper. And what looks to the untrained eye like writing it all frantically at the last minute is in fact the logical culmination of this intensive thinking process.
I agree with the other people that say that he's going to do a vanity press book. I live in Sacramento, and for whatever reason, it's the only city I've ever seen where some of the local bookstores and even a couple of the local library's overstock stores sell self-published books.
IUniverse and Trafford seem to be the big ones, and cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars upfront, but it's entirely possible to sell self-publish through lulu.com and do it quite cheaply. There is no upfront fee other than the actual manufactoring cost of the book itself.
http://www.lulu.com/products/books/paperback.php
If you use the book cost calculator there, you'll see that a 200 page 4.25 x 6.875 pocket book or a 6 x 9 novel size will cost about $8.53 a copy for one book.
If he printed 100 copies at a time then he'd get a 19% discount and the cost per book would go down to $6.93.
I've been looking into using them to print some color photo books as presents. I figured that it's cheaper and looks a lot better than using a photo album from a store. A 200 page photo book would cost $34.53.
I don't think I could get a better price from Kinko's for printing out the pictures, much less binding them and putting them into a book.
I actually started out on iUniverse, and got picked up by a traditional publisher. iUniverse puts you on Amazon and the likes; for b/w $300 to $1,500 dollars. POD/ebook.
But my advice to all; get whatever you're publishing edited. Otherwise it'll just look like a POS. Lots of good books are overlooked because of continuity issues, typographical and grammatical errors. Shame.
Anyone wanna bet that this decision was based off of a TV blurb? That CS was sitting in front of the television and someone said, "Kurt Vonnegut's death tongight leaves a great void in the literary world."
@Khatie: If Casey is in the midst of arranging financing for this ridiculous project, could it possibly be that he has been sending out queries to legit publishers and they've all given them the thumbs down?
Maybe, but my gut feeling is no. Guys like Casey have dozens of reasons to self-publish.. and don't forget, that world also has its share of MLM-type gurus. He's probably told himself that a traditional publisher will steal his book, or force him to rewrite it, or not pay him enough royalties, or some other excuse that boils down to him not having complete creative control. I doubt he's sent out a single query.
Also, don't forget production time. Going traditional print, he could see a year or two go by from sale to bookshelf. As usual, he wants it NOW NOW NOW.
Meanwhile, he's no doubt had an easy dozen - not including Nigel - aspirants banging his door. Not real working ghostwriters, but the blogger-wannabe-author-writer-at-night guys. So he's been "getting his team together".
I'd be a lot more interested if there were a manuscript already on deck, even in a badly chunky first rough. Then there'd be a story to tell. All he's doing here is saying, "It's time to write a book! Jamba Juice for everyone!"
From where he's at in the process, he's a long LONG way from having a published book, even vanity. If he's planning on book proceeds to save him, he'll be three graves down at this rate before that's even a possibility.
BTW.. I *love* that there are so many writers here. Creeped out a bit, but seriously digging it. :)
Occasional magazine articles for me, but mostly marketing work for clients. Little of my fiction work ever sees daylight. Like Eth Real, I keep trying to jump over, but always end up dropping anvils on characters' heads to end stories.
I'd love to hear a bit about how Steph gets hers safely down onto the runway.
I'm not here to sell books. I'm here to enjoy some non-writing related quasi-normalcy. It's one of the few places I can come to and discuss things that are 100% unrelated to what I do--and nobody's asking me about character motivation, and which one is based on me, and in chapter nine, when so and so did this, was it really because they needed to do this.. bla blah BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Just go to your local bookstore and buy lots of books. It will make many authors happy. :)
I'm a 100% disorganized writer. I start with a character, and it grows organically from there. Somehow, I manage to wend a story and a plot, and end with some sense of closure. I wish I was more disciplined, and had outlines and shit like that, but I don't.
I know this other writer who is exceedlingly prolific, makes TONS of money with mediocre pulp, and he forces himself to write ten pages a day, no matter what.
Couldn't do it. You can really find those 'ten pages' in his book, when you know he wasn't in the mood and he had to squeeze it out like an anal blockage. He publishes so often, that his publishers don't really push him to have his work hack-edited, so a lot of his schlock is printed; bad or good. It is a source of amusement for both of us.
His secret is redundancy. The same theme, the same story; just new names, new settings, fresh trappings, and lo.. it's a whole different story!
Health writing and public health writing (some ghostwritten, others under my own byline), freelance work, and fiction. Published in health-related publications.
Funny I have the disorganized approach when it comes to fiction; with my health stuff I am extremely organized--outlines and the whole schmear. I can't do the ten pages a day thing either with the fiction stuff.
Steph is friends with Stephen King? Wow. Heh heh heh.
I'm with the vanity/in theory/ nonworking, wanna-be ghoster crowd. The funding thing is a giveaway, as is the 'team.' I'd love to have heard the 'writer' pitch this to Casey. I mean, seriously, what the hell could anyone but Casey think would be book fodder here?
He failed! Repeatedly! And he lies! Also, people hate him! Sounds like a winner to me. I'd also love to know if they think this is supposed to be a bio (in which case, what? Immigrant kid makes bad?) or some kind of guru book (do what the others say, because I didn't and I failed!?) or some kind of self-help (be positive and it'll get you... well... uhm...).
You can really find those 'ten pages' in his book, when you know he wasn't in the mood and he had to squeeze it out like an anal blockage.
I just thought of a couple of writers whose work meets that description. I'm not normally the overly visual sort, but let's just say that I'll be picking up a bottle of mind bleach on the way home from work. I'm sure United Distilleries appreciates your support.
I suppose Snowflake could start his writing career with an account of his meeting with Cornflake: I never thought I'd be writing to Penthouse Forum, but...
Yes, I know I'm going to hell. But not for multiple counts of wire/interstate fraud.
Snowflake Publishing to release, "A Guide To A Healthy Lifestyle" by celebrity blogger Casey K. Serin.
"It's a sweet book, full of useful information to get through stressful times" states a confident Casey Serin. Snowflake Publishing is proud to be releasing the first book by popular blog writer, Casey Serin. "I give people sweet tips like how to deal with people hating on them and how to juice properly," Casey is a self proclaimed health food expert who feels his tales of blogging, hating and juicing will benefit many people. "The people I call my haters will even get something out of this," he proclaims.
Casey Serin came to this country from Uzbekistan at age 12. From there he aspired to be a top notch entrepreneur. "Yeah, I tried some crazy stuff at first," Casey discloses, "but when I learned a sweet lesson, do not send out emails promising investment returns that you may not be able to keep." Serin then started attending real estate seminars with the goal of being an entrepreneur in the real estate industry. He didn't quite succeed but he did come away with life lessons and details them in his book. "I didn't want to write a book about my failures. I wanted to write a book about my successes!"
Serin then started the famed, www.iamfacingforeclosure.com site dedicated to blogging about his failures in the Real Estate industry. "I started a business and I failed, what can I say?" Mr. Serin learned and posted his failures for the world to see on his blog. "I wanted to tell the truth and allow for my story to help people." Help is something Serin believes in and why he has written his first book. In the book he discusses his ability to put off extreme stress through positive activities such as juicing, diet, relationships, hacky sacking, mursing and positively engaging your enemies and those out to take advantage. "I call them the haters because they hate me so much." He will discuss his thoughts on many more topics that will help the fledgling entrepreneur succeed in stressful environments. For Casey Serin, it's all good!
"A Guide To A Healthy Lifestyle" is a tome for the ages. Available on a newsstand near you.
It is interesting how many writers are in the communityz. While the only thing I write professionally (or re-write) is code, I’m an avid reader and from day 1 I was far more interested and impressed with the comments on IAFF than the drivel KC produces. How the hell did he attract so many good commenters/”Haterz”?
BTW, what’s the deal with the ABC program he is supposed to be on tonight?
Supposedly Casey was scheduled to be on Niteline for yesterday however he got displaced by the Duke Rape Case and Imus stories. Maybe they'll put his story on tonight.
@Akubi: How the hell did he attract so many good commenters/”Haterz”?
I forget how I first hooked up with this circus, but I've been on IAFF since day one as well.
I think a big part of the writer thing is that a lot of us sit in our home offices all day, surfing the web when we should be working. And there ain't no boss stopping it. There is also the procrastination element.. I just keep clicking back throughout the day to see the latest sideshow freak of a post. Hell, beats working.
I also think that writers are naturally attracted to story, and this is a fun one.. most sane folks get bored with Casey's antics, but we're in it for the plot twists and turns. You gotta be a bit of a nutball drama freak to make it as a writer. We stick around.
Um, R-Dawgster? In Snowflake's "nevermind" posting, he asked rhetorically, I'm sure, "what have I got to lose?" Sounds like a topic for a new thread, in my opinion.
Casey's in la-la land. How long did he waste writing this latest pile of self-serving I-am-blessed great-things-are-coming bullcrap?
Forget lender-ignore mode; I think he's now in full-scale reality-ignore mode. He's withdrawing into his fantasies to try to block out the sound of his real-world problems crashing around his ears.
@Anon 8:15: Nope, but having him quote so far out of context makes me sick. It's like jack chick. I fight scripture fire with fire though, and commented thusly:
As an actual Christian, I am appalled though unsurprised at your quoting of scripture out of context. In the first quote, Jesus is talking about unity with God, and that in remaining with Him he will help you. Casey, you do not dwell in the house of the Lord. Presumably you're as much of a Christian as you are a vegan as you are a real estate investor. Bleeping out bad language on this blog does not constitute Christian awareness. None of your lying, stealing, and running from punishment constitute Christian values or a Christian lifestyle. However, the most pervasive problem in your case (and the one that should condemn your soul for all eternity) is your blatant hypocrisy. Did you read Matthew 6:12? How do you reconcile that with your threats to Annie or the Dallas guy? You loaned them chump change compared to what you borrowed/stole. Heck, did you read Matthew 18, the next chapter after the one you so graciously quoted? Did you read the parable of the unmerciful servant? This, dear Casey, could be you.
His friend is as dumb as he is. That letter is a monstrosity. I really enjoy though, that he needs some halfwit barely literate "friend" to tell him what 150 or so posters over there, plus 100 more over here, saw the second he put up that nonsense.
Of course the "friend" is so dumb as to think we think he got a big book deal, and that we'd want to read anything dumbass would "write" even if he managed to get out of this mess, which he won't.
So, now, see, Casey is going to find a way to pay back every penny!!! Well, until next week, when he gets the bug to buy god knows what and ignore his current situation again.
A friend made him see the light! No ,that was the bible! No, it was the haterz.
This guy is creeative at finding excuses!
I think the reality that the proceeds from a book would be taken by his BK. And BK is the reality of the situation. So instead of just manning up to the fact a book deal would be better after I file for BK, he goes into some delusional reasong. Ooops I meant crative thinking. Then again it could be the realization it might take some work and time. And time is running out.
I think the walls are closing in, and time is nearing the end. No money comming in has got to be effecting him and his wife. His wife quits school to work for him while he does what? Yea, that is going to work. Then again maybe G is plain stupid.
The book deal lasted for what 1 day? Whoops, there was no "sweet deal" except for in his head it seems.
I feel sorry for this guy. He has lost and there is nothing more to be done. I mean begging on the internet for money to pay cashcall has got to a low point for anybody normal. Next step he will be at an intersection with a sign. Dman I hope he doesn't read that.
Casey lost and I hope he mans up and does what he needs to do and doesn't take some easy way out.
I enjoyed this train raid but my station is comming up and time to get off.
I hope that during this "delay" in running the story on snowflake the producers at nightline continue to do their homework, read the posts of his blog and talk with a few people who can provide the "bigger" picture of snowflake's current situation - of how he lies, how he cheated, how he continues to get more credit and dig himself deeper.
Sounds exactly like Dean Koontz - read a couple of his books, you've read 'em all. I quit reading him years ago - I was unhappy about that, having really liked his stuff. But he got famous, dusted off and published all the early rejects, then turned on the cruise control...
Stephen King's an entirely different situation - lots of creativity, but has become too big to be edited. His books would be much better cut by about 20%. ...And he's on the wrong coast...
My hope is for all of you to turn from hatin’ to showing some love. The more positive energy the better. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH HAA HAAAA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHHHAAAAAAAAAA....
I have a friend who works at ABC. He said the only reason they would have pulled snowflake's piece last night was to either shelve it indefinitely (due to shoddy reporting) or recut it with "additional information". He said that all of these emails they've been receiving may simply have resulted in a phone call from PR to the producer's office telling them to make absolutely sure that they weren't embarrassed by a 24 year old scam artist so chances are this sucker's being shelved. Or they're recutting it to make it verrrrrry entertaining. Snowflake better pray for the former
I've enjoyed writing, in college and elsewhere- when I put my mind to it I can write entertainingly. I've had offers to write columns, or to go pro, but I'm not a writer, so I won't take work or space from those who are. I don't love it enough to do it every day - but as an artist I understand the process and respect it. I tend to get along well with writers, musicians, actors - anyone who knows the joy and horror of having to be creative to earn a living.
I guess I'm the odd duck, I'm a professional illustrator/designer who art directs in the day. :) I draw your book covers!
I tend to think that a lot of people came over here from Ben Jones' blog, which requires a certain intelligence to hack through - most people's eyes glaze over at real estate/economics discussions. It would tend to set the bar high, and IAFF is/was featured prominently there. I tended to pay attention to Robert's posts over there, and when I saw he had a blog, came over out of curiousity and found it to be a friendly place to shoot the shit.
I read the blog at odd times, as I'm in a wierd sleep pattern right now, but I tend to read after work when winding down, or in the morning with coffee. I have a couple I read, like Brass Goggles (steampunk, a new scifi/fantasy genre I love), or Ben Jones, or Kevin Smith's (Clerks director). (Who has a GREAT podcast going, the SMODcast!)
Here he goes again with the "I know better than all of you do" crap.
"Larchmont property that I lost to foreclosure is now bank-owed and was put back on the market for $199K. Amazing! They could have taken a short sale at $220K AND I was willing to sign a $50K note on top of that! Oh well, their loss.
Burdett property that I lost to foreclosure is back on the market for $236,900. Again, they should have taken the $240,000 short sale offer. Yeah, with the seller concessions the offer was more like $200,000. But hey, if you’re the bank, wouldn’t you rather take $200K rather than take your chances on a declining market? I don’t understand it.
Mr. Banker. Short sale, GOOD. Taking property back, BAD. Oh well, just give it a little time. Lenders will be giving houses away soon. Get your credit lines ready to buy at the bottom!"
No cupcake, they won't lose anything, they plan to take the difference out of your ass with judgements
"He actually recognized me from all the media and bubble blogs. That was kind of cool. Robert happens to be a fan of the HousingPanic blog. I told him that blog was pretty much what put me on the map. We talked about how I’m the “poster boy” for everything he talks about in his book."
You are a poster boy alright, drink some more Koolaid, dipshit
Utah "I’m kind of tired of trying to strengthen this deal out. Can’t I just ignore it? What can one missing payment do? The buyers have the property back on the market and stand to make a pretty penny. Maybe I should just call them and explain what’s going on and see if they would be willing to eat the cost. Or I guess I can try to argue with the title company about it and see if they are truly the ones to blame. If I have to.
This doesn’t seem like a good use of my time or the right task for me. I’m not the detail guy, I’m the ideas and connections guy, remember?"
Um yeah, that attitude has really worked out well for you so far hasn't it........?
"Anyone wanna bet that this decision was based off of a TV blurb? That CS was sitting in front of the television and someone said, "Kurt Vonnegut's death tongight leaves a great void in the literary world."
(cue lightbulb)"
Damn you...I had forgotten how much Pepsi stings when it is reverse snorted out of one's nose in an involuntary fit of laughter.
But yeah, I didn't watch the TV news yesterday but I so see where Snowflake got the idea.
I so wish someone would reposess the Serin/Suprun TV sets.
@LOL: you really think that the banks will go after KC for deficiency judgments?
In CA, the banks can't, unless they obtained judicial foreclosures, which they did not.
The banks can still bring fraud claims, but Casey hasn't stolen enough money to make a lawsuit worthwhile. Lawyers' fees would eat up most of any judgment. Besides, Casey is judgment-proof.
The evidence so far shows that Casey probably does not even appear on the banks' radars. Suing Caseys is not how you make a career in financial services, so noone bothers.
Steph's writer friend sounds EXACTLY like Stuart Woods. 2-3 books a year, all basically the same and more cheezy every time. They are getting worse and read like cookie cutter assembly line products. Horrid dialogue, excrutiatingly obvious plot lines, and paper thin characters.
I am one of those who emailed ABC. Maybe it worked.
I'm currently working on a book about a murse toting secret agent accountant who fights crime in a pleather jacket and mardi gras mask. Publication date to be announced soon!
Way to stay under the radar there kid. He'll be lucky if the DA gets to him before the PRBlinkies.
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first, furst & murst LOOSERS!
As for the book...all I can see is a huge mountain of IAFF.books on fire...
Damn you.....
What can I say...
Can we start an anti-campaign if this thing actually happends? Banners ads of "Casey is a Looser" all over the internet to his Wiki-page? The misspelling alone would drive enough people to check it out and help us discredit him/prevent profitable sales.
Of course that assumes CS finds a publisher that knows what they are doing and lets face it, I doubt we have too much to worry about!
He would have to find a ghost writer - otherwise I think he'd be hard pressed to have the follow through to finish a book of any decent legnth.
Heh. Mmph. This one's pretty funny.
My bet is that he's either:
1. Planning to write the book himself to self-publish (which he can do for a thousand or less), or
2. Hooked up with someone (maybe Nigel) offering to ghostwrite his story and telling him everything he wants to hear. There are lots and lots of those guys around.
I'm a professional writer-editor like guy.. it's what I do for a living, and so I run into a lot of Caseys. And if there's one thing - just one - that the last ten years have taught me, it's that *everyone* is writing a book. Until there's a deal, it's a fantasy.
Of course, we won't know more until he comes up with details.. so I guess we'll just have to jump to those pesky conclusions again..
Dammit I was on the phone.
But I can still say 'Mirst' in a looser like effort to make myself 'award winning' and claim some sort of victory.
(which he can do for a thousand or less)
.....I smell another beg-a-thon just around the bend....
It sounds like a typical vanity-press situation to me. He has to front the money. He has none, so either the book won't happen or he's lined up someone to pony up. Either way, it doesn't mean that anyone will buy it, and without a major publisher pushing it, it's not like he will be able to generate much buzz (aside from Nigel's award-winning PRWeb release.)
For an attention whore like Casey, the only bad press is no press. Like Casey Fannnnn said, leave the dying bug alone and watch it squirm.
gameover,
I think that would only encourage book sales. Either way i dont see more than 100k selling(this is being extremely optimistic and generous IMO). IF he does sell that many....well is creditors can lay claims to that when he files BK. He will have to list the probable book sale as an asset. I hope he does sell some books. Then maybe his creditors will get back perhaps 10 cents on the dollar. foolish to announce it now IMO. If he wanted to keep the proceeds he should have waited until after BK. I would have thought that scammer Casey would have gone that route.
"I hope he does sell some books. Then maybe his creditors will get back perhaps 10 cents on the dollar."
This would just prove the greater fool theory is still kicking. I kind of hoped we had reache The Greatest Fool in our FFF.
aaron said: "Either way i dont see more than 100k selling"
This will fuel his tank for another 10 years.....I can see it now:
Award winning blog and best selling author
(I'll be back, right now I've got to puke)
Just want to point out how funny it is that the guy who uses a ghost writer for his blog posts now thinks he can write a book.
"I'll write a book" = idea man did his job (so naptime). Now everything else gets outsourced. Someone wake him up when the money starts rolling in.
Anyone e-mail PRLinkbiz yet?
I'd bet a wheatgrass shot (Nature's ExLax) Nigey Pooh told him not to worry about that contract he signed...of course the old queen knows EVERYTHING there is to know about the legalities of such things.
Honestly Wondering is right - everyone *is* writing a book, it's common now that if you are involved in a national or international news story, criminal or otherwise, you can sell your rights or sign a deal before the story is even over.
Snowflake's got too many issues to successfuly write and market a book: yet. There's no ending...yet.
If Casey is going to provide advise...well, all I'm gonna say is I would talk to lawyers before doing that - with his track record, he'd most likely be advising people how to break the law.
I hate to say, but Slushflake pulled another rabbit out of his ass that will generate traffic. He might get a week of hits out of it - not enough to bring IAFF to it's old Nigel Has An Erection™ levels, but enough to give him (them both) false hope.
I honestly hope he does try to market a book. The DA will LOVE that.
Relax, this is just another episode of the Fantasy Of The Week in Caseyland. Stay tuned for a new and exciting change in direction next week!
what exactly is he going to write about? his lying, his early rizer failure, his 24% return scam, his PRLink screw-up, his 75% success rate on taking the trash out, his carrying a fagbag, his....well you get the idea. You would only buy the book if you wanted to read pure entertainment about the laziest F*CKER on the planet and a rookie scam artist.
I am guessing that Nigel has nothing to do with the book.
If that's the case, what a blow! Look how far Nigel had his nose up Caseys ass. Hanging on Caseys coat tails. Just when Nigel thought he was about to seal the deal, Casey kicked him to the curb.
Imagine that. Nigel Swaby got used and tossed aside by Casey Serin. Can it get any worse than that? What a looser!
Another way to look at this is that Slushflake is running out of options - I've been waiting for the "I'm writing a book!" announcement, it's a sign he's walked away mentally from the houses, despite what the lenders and authorities might think, and it's yet another excuse he can give his wife, family, and freinds for not getting a job and sitting on his ass another couple of months.
"I can't take out the trash, I'm wriiiiiiitttttttiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg!" he'll whine. Bet on it.
People have been blowing smoke up his skirts for months about his supposed "skills", and he went for it hook, line, and sinker. He probably believes he's a skilled writer, and he can polish this turn enough to make sales. Good luck with that.
And once the book fails, like everything else in life, he'll have one less excuse to take control of his life, grow up, and take his responsibilities seriously.
I've watched people I know waste decades on such dreams - in that he's not unique. What makes him unique is that he's chasing a dream that does not exist: the riches and fame from flipping houses.
Just like my ex-freind who wasted tens of thousands of dollars and time and decades of her life chasing the Amway game, Slushflake doesn't get that he's been a pawn in a huge ponzi scheme that his "gurus" have been running since before he was born, and he's too dull witted, stupid, and lazy to figure that out - and trying to come up with cons of his own that fail before they even begin. He's trying to play a game he doesnt even know the rules of, let alone the strategy. Even OTHER sleazeballs walk away from him shaking their heads. NOT all good!
Now, if he were to write an expose of the fake gurus, sleazy real estate agents, fraudulent mortgage brokers, and reveal that all along he was doing what he was to expose it all...then I might read a book he might write.
I emailed PR Link Biz. Last time she was very happy when I alerted her to Casey posting their contract, which lead to IAFF.com getting pulled. I bet she keeps a lower profile this time around and bides her time.
well I just dropped the no limit ladies a line. I don't approve of what they tried to do to Snowflake but I will enjoy watching another blow up/cat fight...
More TimelineGuy! (I'm his biggest fan)
On the 100k copies estimate:
He had 170k unique visitors for March. Keep in mind that depending on the tracker a unique visitor can be a unique IP in say a four or six hour period. So if you check IAFF twice a day, you account for 60 unique visitors per month. I think a very very optimistic estimate of the actual people who hit his site might be 6k per month, most of which return monthly. Even if every single person who goes to his site bought a book, he couldn't sell more than 8k. Really, I doubt he could sell 500 copies. Any real publisher is not going to be interested. He's either being scammed or dreaming.
Haterz! A super EN web exclusive brought to you by the EN investigative journalism department! Our deeply undercover embedded operatives have quite the scoop for you today. It's the rough draft of Casey Serin's latest blockbuster!
Tentative title: How I bought 8 houses with no money down and lost $2.2 million in real estate
Chapter 1: How I bought 8 houses with no money down and lost $2.2 million in real estate (20 pages)
Chapter 2: Interesting guru quotes
Chapter 3: Why all the hate?
Chapter 4: What's on my Ipod?
Chapter 5: Interactive napping chapter
Chapter 6: The menu at Chipotle
Chapter 7: Fresh squeezed juice and you
Chapter 8: Funny things I read on the internet
Chapter 9: How to breakdance spastically in three easy steps
Chapter 10: High school reminisces
Chapter 11: Defecate your way to success!
Chapter 12: The time I lost my PDA
Chapter 13: Funny chatlogs I was in
Chapter 14: Quizilla quiz results
Appendix: Popular hater comments (the only reason anyone buys the book)
Special thanks to our operative 00"G"
Jade-
Nice.
Casey's "publishing" options include those such as Publishamerica and other PODs (Publishers On Demand). They have an imaginary "submission review" process, which invariably results, after a convincing interval, in "acceptance" of anything. The upside of this to the wannabe writer is that there are no up-front fees. The downside is that the list price is set by the POD, usually at $19.95 or more for a slim, softcover book with no illustrations, and that printing and binding quality is wildly variable even in a contiguous "print run". Authors of such works get a cut of the price as set by the POD. Look for Casey to "publish" in this fashion, if his book should ever actually be realized.
Even a skilled ghost writer doesn't guarantee success. I'll try to keep this brief, but I was in the motorcycle biz in the early 80s, and there was a "motorcycling grandma" of some fame at the time – she was even on the Carson show once.
She got it in her head that her story was worthy of a book. Harley Davidson agreed, and spent nearly $100K on a writer and some minor marketing.
When it was all done… she had meddled and twisted the story, insisting in meaningless story elements like failed high school dates, various medical problems, a divorce, etc. etc. All terribly important to HER – but having nothing to do with a potentially great story.
The result? Rambling, boring, self-aggrandizing dreck. In the end, no publisher would touch it. Even with H-D's backing. Finally, she took out a 2nd mortgage on her house, and did the Vanity Press deal. She held her own "book signings" at motorcycle rallies. She took boxes of books to "mom and pop" bookstores and begged them to sell it. It was a very sad situation to watch unfold.
When she passed away a few years later, the garage of her house was piled floor-to-ceiling with thousands of unsold books.
I can see very much the same thing happening here – only minus serious financial backing, and probably minus a talented ghost writer (don't kid yourself Nigel… you're NOT a talented writer).
KC will be doing this through his corporation. That way his lenders like CashCall won't be able to touch any of the profits.
He has plenty of material to write a book: a poor immigrant boy starts as an entrepreneurs and falls victim of bankers and the system; he feels bad and tries to make it right and return every dirty penny to his creditors; he's a religious person that keeps giving 10% to the church; he goes to the extreme of begging on the internet; meanwhile, hordes of haterz(TM) attack him on his blog; he can provide transcripts of web-conferences he had to explain himself and fend attacks...
Face it, KC will get away with what he did... and profit. The people that continue to visit his site and post on it have help him get notoriety. This is a con who knows how to use other people's best (or worst) intentions for his own interest.
To be honest - I think this action is the funniest Casey's ever suggested.
First of all, it would require work.
And second, who would buy it? People like happy endings and inspiration, not failure upon self-inflicted failure.
Just. Too. Funny.
Casey will need a ghost-writer simply because he has no sense of commitment and would never finish the project; nor would he structure the book to be readable in any way; and his writings skills are terrible; which even with an editor, will make it really uninteresting.
He'd need someone to take what is a story of stupidity, stubborn resolve and apathy, and turn it into some sort of learning tool; which is a lesson 99.9% of the general populace already knows. He will have a very small market. BUT... he may get sales if the Haterz™ all rush out to buy it just for laughs.
I wonder if he's going to self-publish or if he's got an agent or publisher in line already. I very much doubt the latter.
Publisher:44%
Bookseller:35%
Agent: 15%
Author:6%
Simple reason this won't work:
Writing a book requires work and follow through. Two things Casey is incapable of. I rest my case.
I am trying to help a friend get a book published. It's not easy. He might find a small publisher willing to take him on ***BUT*** he won't get the exposure he'd need outside of his blog.
Problem with his blog is that he gets nothing but haterz there. If he does have supporters I'd question they are enough people to make a book a bestseller.
The other problem for our young Juicer is that books are hard work. Hours and hours of writing, editing which most people would do in many long, late nights. He doesn't seem to like missing sleep so he's screwed there. He also would be limited in looking for "sweet deals."
I chalk this up to a mixture of trolling for realist posts and the hope he finds somebody interested in helping him. Let's say he finishes it and finds a decent sized publishing house? Who would buy his book? Not us, not the folks being foreclosed upon (I am sure many more of these kinds of books will be published within the next year!) and certainly not the masses.
Here's a fact for Casey. If you want to sell some books you will need to disclose loads of things that you may find uncomfortable. Tell all books always sell. This means you will have to throw some people under the bus in order to tell a compelling story.
I see Nigel has returned to normal pretending that everything that went down NEVER HAPPENED. I also think he invented a moniker to have a conversation with, because nobody else agrees that Casey is too small of a fish. COME BACK SWEET TRAFFIC! PUUUUUULEEEEEEEEEZE!
Anonymous@9:08,
If he pays himself a salary or takes out profits, Cashcall and all the others could come after him.
"The funding, the team and the connections are all coming together."
Translation: Everybody is telling me it's a good idea but I have no idea if anybody is going to partner with me on this idea.
And the book will "help people". Heh. Casey's never helped anyone but himself; he has no practical advice to offer other than "don't do what I did".
Oy Vey's sales estimate is much more realistic than Aaron's -- outside his blog bubble, I just don't think Casey has enough public notoriety to drive big sales. (Oh, sure, a few media appearences here and there; but his story hasn't gone viral the way other blog stories have. And "oh, it's that schmuck who was in USA Today last year" doesn't naturally lead to "I'll buy that book.")
The "funding" does smell of vanity publishing to me.
But here's another theory: the "funding" is a salary paid from Casey's corporate borrowing. "Writing a book" is a creative way to justify CaseyCorp paying Casey's living expenses. In six months the book will either flop or fail to appear altogether; CaseyCorp will fold; and Casey will walk away.
(Oh, and I don't buy the whole "Casey's blog is ghostwritten" thing; it's the same idiot writing it as always. The comment moderation is the giveaway -- anyone would do a quicker job than Casey. Even Nigel said there was nothing to it.)
Rob Dawg, could you possibly hosdt a photoshop contest to design the cover of his book?
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
I just got a call from a friend of mine that is a producer for a television news program in a large city.
She asked me if I was familiar with the Casey Serin story since she knows I am a "Real Estate" guy.
We spent the next 20 minutes talking about snowflake and she said they are working on a story about him and want to interview some of the Opponents (Haterz TM).
She knows I am shy around that stuff and keep a pretty low profile on media related things so I referred her to this site and suggested she interview Rob Dawg since he is our leader.
Oh this is going to be awesome because I have known her for some time and she isnt into the fluff, blow smoke up my ass news pieces.
Someone needs to clue Snowflake that all his royalties are belong to us at EN if he neglects to get releases from any of us for what we posted there...I've seen nothing there as to who owns comments made by us...and let's face it many of us have generated a lot of original content which would actually sell his book. Wouldn't it be fun to file a copyright suit against him? Or add a libel claim for calling us haters/haterz?
Seriously though, I doubt the flip-n-burntard celebutard wannabe has the stiuck-to-itivness to even come up with a book title, let alone a book.
Oh and I'm psyched that the journalists are now going to interview people other than the Snowflake for perspective on him...this should be fun!
CHJTS,
Let us know when she comes over to this site. She's going to be highly entertained!
I am a professional writer/editor and freelancer and I can tell you right now, unless Nigel is ghostwriting this thing, no writer worth their salt is going to touch this project. First off, we writers like to get paid in a timely fashion. We like to work with people who stick to their contracts, respond to our editing queries with real answers, and recognize the fact that we are professionals with standards and ethics.
These are all things that KC doesn't seem to understand. Plus, he's going to grow bored with the process--and there's no instant gratification to it at all--not like a blog.
He's probably hooked us with some shystie vanity press (Vantage, Falcon, Dorrance, anyone?)and thinks that they really care about him as an author. You hand them about $7,000 or more and they'll print anything you want.
Perhaps Casey should look up Jayson Blair's book and see how well that one did--or perhaps Stephen Glass' The Fabulist.
It'll be a short time before he moves on to some other hare-brained idea.
Casey is appearing on my show next week!
I said this months ago.
CS,
Read about James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" and what happended to him.
You don't want this and this is exactly where you're headed.
More publicity = more haters.
Don't say we didn't tell you so.
CHJTS,
I'm glad your friend isnt a fluff piece reporter. The local news here in phoenix does stories on Dog Costumes. seriously.
Please have her paint a picture that he is a fraudster. Thank you.
CHJTS...
You've been missed. :)
Getting published is one thing. Being successful enough to make a living on it; completely different. You have to be a prolific writer or a blockbuster/bestseller to get rich off of it.
Casey's barking up the wrong tree if he thinks he can sit by and get passive income from royalties.
Relax, this is just another episode of the Fantasy Of The Week in Caseyland. Stay tuned for a new and exciting change in direction next week!
This sounds about right to me. Writing a book is not like writing a blog entry. It's hard work, which as we all know, Casey is not fond of. He may be all hot to trot now, but I think he'll lose enthusiasm and get distracted by the next shiny object in a week or two.
He might try getting a ghostwriter, but as noted, those people like to be paid, and not with IOUs.
Lawnmower Man,
Exactly. The book won't help anyone because Casey will not BE 100% HONEST about what caused all this. If he is going to be rehashing info we can read for free on the blog, then this book will be waste and will not make money.
***Public Service Announcement***
Please, for the love of God, stay on my wife's good side...
___________________________________
Mrs. GameOver
April 12th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Wow Casey. Your utter stupidy astounds me. My husband has been posting for a while, and I can’t keep quiet any longer.
Your last post about why people dislike you so much. Gee, I wonder why. Maybe because we are all working, paying our bills and following through with our responsibilities. You don’t do anything. You have been getting good advice for months but dismiss all of it. You take money that does not belong to you and spend it on luxuries. My husband and I have never gone on a nice vacation together. Why you ask? Because we have kids and we don’t have extra money to go. You-you just say what the hell. We don’t have the money-let’s go to Hawaii anyway. Yeah I know you saved money by staying with someone, blah, blah, blah. YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE! I would love the internet on my cell phone. Why don’t I? Because it is a LUXURY-a LUXURY you cannot afford. Maybe if you were making money on the website one could argue that you need it for moderation purposes. But you aren’t making money on it.
Why people don’t like you is simple. It is because you are in a perpetual mushroom trip cloud. You never had any intention of paying this money back. You never had a plan to do it. You never got a job. You never did anything.
And now you are going to write a book? With what advice in it? How to bounce on a ball, where the nearest Jamba Juice is, how to let mail pile up? What advice do you possibly have? You have learned nothing. You did nothing to try to prevent this.
Absolutely amazing Casey.
__________________________________
Attributed to the late Kurt Vonnegut:
"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."
Goodnight, funnyman.
I can't find it - but do you guys remember he wrote a "chapter" for an on-line book for his friend (I think Ramit was his friend's name). When I saw Casey's into text for the article I knew immediately he'd plagiarized the piece and called him on it.....
He spent a huge amount of time saying he hadn't plagiarized.
My guess is that whoever he is working with doesn't know that Casey is unable to be honest and unless they have a major BS reader, there will be many problems with the book.
Also, if Casey is arrested and convicted for any fraud or crime related to foreclosure and bankruptcy, doesn't California have a "son of sam" law that prevents him from profiting from his crimes?????????
I have a meeting and will be away for 8 to 10 hours (ugh)....
Am interested in what the EN community has to say.
Maybe it is a coloring book. It could be bundled with 1 blue crayon for his shirt and the ball, and 20 red crayons to color in his new worth statement, bank account, and other sweet deals.
A few more chapters in the book:
15. In Defense of the Murse - why I wear it.
16. Back to the Bank it goes - Auctions, funny hats, and the Trash Can Podium
17. It's All Good - except when it's not.
18. Trampoline Your Way to Riches
19. Assembling Your Team - Birddogging Mailmen, Homeless Dudes, and Those Dastardly Ladies.
20. Essential Tools - Nigel, Blue Balls, Electronic Thingys and more.
21. Mail - The Enemy of Success
22. Organic Semi-Vegan Diets - Why a little meat is good for you.
23. Trash Rolling - How You Can Get a Step Up on the competition.
24. How I Became More Magical Than David Copperfield
25. Lender Ignore Mode - How to Turn It On Without Fear
26. Why Grammer and Speling if For Loosers
Khatie's absolutely right. I probably do the same schtick - writing/editing freelance, mostly B2B copywriting. But a week rarely passes around here without a phone call or email from *someone* who just woke up one morning and decided to write a book. And oh, what a deal: their idea, my words, and I get a royalty cut!
Of the net! Off the hook!
Usually it's some retired exec who wants to publish his memoirs or something. Sometimes, it's one of the downtrodden with an axe to grind.. for me, last week it was a rape survivor wanting to write a children's book about her experiences.
My all-time favorite still is the homeless guy who needed to tell the world about how the Anheuser-Busch corporation was conspiring with the Pentagon to kill him, to keep him from talking about his UFO abduction experiences.
I kid you not. I still have his email. It was five pages long. Oddly enough, a royalty deal!
Like Khatie says, no independent in their right mind is going to go near Casey. Not for a royalty check. If he was willing to front a LOT of cash on deposit, then maybe.. a good contract and cash up front counts for a lot. And in this business, you're often called upon to be an arms dealer to folks absolutely determined to shoot off their feet. So he could find someone willing to take his money.
Good, established freelancers are rare, but crazies like Casey are a dime a dozen. We deal with his kind all the time - but there's a hefty up-front price premium for indulging insanity. With his personal habits, he'll probably spend a fortune and get little to show for it.
Of course you know he'll need a new laptop to write his opus on, and a bigger murse to carry it in, and...
22. Organic Semi-Vegan Diets - Why a little meat is good for you.
Must... resist... Nigel... gay... joke...
and...
Lots of JJ w/WS as a break from writing
Lots of JJ w/WS as reward for finishing each page.
Lots of JJ w/WS as reward for finishing a chapter
Luckily this won't add up to much since he'll get stuck on trying to write a witty title.
Ogg, you are one quick caveman.
The FBI's Criminal Enforcement is Gutted; Con Artists Flourish
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/04/horton-fbi-criminal-enforcement-gutted
looks like this is why the FBI guy is annoyed when you call, hes chasing the "binladin spotted at jackinthebox" leads
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Attorneys General Ashcroft and Gonzales decided to deploy thousands of FBI agents around the country to work on counter-terrorism projects, drawing down on resources which otherwise would be available to address fraud and other white-collar crime without replacing them, according to a special report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The result has been a dramatic collapse in white-collar crime prosecutions across the country, with no offsetting increase in counterterrorism-related prosecutions.
Overall, the number of criminal cases investigated by the FBI nationally has steadily declined. In 2005, the bureau brought slightly more than 20,000 cases to federal prosecutors, compared with about 31,000 in 2000—a 34 percent drop.
White-collar crime investigations by the bureau have plummeted in recent years. In 2005, the FBI sent prosecutors 3,500 cases—a fraction of the more than 10,000 cases assigned to agents in 2000. In Western Washington, the drop has been even more dramatic. Records show that the FBI sent 28 white-collar cases to prosecutors in 2005, down 90 percent from five years earlier.
Scam artists know they are unlikely to be targeted by a criminal investigation and prosecuted under the Gonzales Justice Department.
White-collar crimes often affect the people least able to afford it—lower-income and elderly people, according to Peter Henning, a former Justice prosecutor who teaches law at Wayne State University in Detroit. "If you keep it small, and act quickly and get out of the jurisdiction, you can avoid being prosecuted," he said. "Scam artists know that."
Large numbers of FBI agents also were transferred out of violent-crime programs because bureau officials knew that local police—who have overlapping jurisdiction in violent crimes—would have to help.
The retired FBI official said the Bush administration is forcing the bureau to "cannibalize" its traditional crime-fighting units in the name of fighting terrorism. "The administration is starving the criminal program," the former official said.
@Honestly Wondering
Yep, I've had my share of whackos asking if I'd write/edit their book for them. Like the lunatic that asked me to edit his novel about shooting homeless people for sport.
Anyway, after I discuss my terms with prospective clients, I can tell whether they are serious or not. Particularly when I use words like "contract," "professional," "deposit,"and "fact-checking."
I'm sure that last term would send little Casey running for the hills.
One other question--
If Casey is in the midst of arranging financing for this ridiculous project, could it possibly be that he has been sending out queries to legit publishers and they've all given them the thumbs down?
It has to be a vanity press. I wrote a couple of nonfiction books published by one of the big name publishing houses. My first advance would be enough to live on for 6 months and the second book got more becaues it was just after an appreance on a certain major afternoon talk show.
The way the Suze Orman's of the world become wealthy is through public speaking (I was a no one and I could get $5000/speech plus expenses), sellign tapes, workbooks and other BS at the back of the room when doing speeches/classes, aiming for a packageable product that can be sold on informercials (Orman shills her stuff on QVC). It is far from passive income.
The other issue is, who can wrote the content? I mean, it's not like Casey knows how to get out of foreclosure or anything...
I gotta go cryptic here:
It's all good folks.
Continue on.
R-Boy
I love it when you talk dirty R-Boy.
I'm lucky enough to earn a decent living from full-time writing - not completely family-supporting but my wife only has to work part-time.
But a major contributing factor is that I tend to specialise in short pieces - 1,000 words tops for the most part, very very occasionally stretching to 2,500-3,000. And that's because a large number of short pieces is far more likely to generate a reliable and regular income than one or two big projects.
I haven't ruled out writing a book at some point down the line - it's the obvious next step, in many ways. But it's certainly not something I'd do lightly, and I strongly suspect my effective hourly rate would drop once I factor in the likely workload. So I'd primarily be doing it for the sheer ego-boost, with income a very secondary concern.
But then I work alongside real writers, editors and publishers all the time and suspect I have a rather more realistic idea of what's achievable than young Snowflake.
Pretty amazing how many writers/editors are hanging out here. Do you think procrastination is one of our innate skills?
I'm but a humble ex-copywriter.
technical writer here!
I know how to read!
Pretty amazing how many writers/editors are hanging out here. Do you think procrastination is one of our innate skills?
It's not procrastination, it's writing the piece in your head and getting it perfect prior to putting it down on paper. And what looks to the untrained eye like writing it all frantically at the last minute is in fact the logical culmination of this intensive thinking process.
I agree with the other people that say that he's going to do a vanity press book. I live in Sacramento, and for whatever reason, it's the only city I've ever seen where some of the local bookstores and even a couple of the local library's overstock stores sell self-published books.
IUniverse and Trafford seem to be the big ones, and cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars upfront, but it's entirely possible to sell self-publish through lulu.com and do it quite cheaply. There is no upfront fee other than the actual manufactoring cost of the book itself.
http://www.lulu.com/products/books/paperback.php
If you use the book cost calculator there, you'll see that a 200 page 4.25 x 6.875 pocket book or a 6 x 9 novel size will cost about $8.53 a copy for one book.
If he printed 100 copies at a time then he'd get a 19% discount and the cost per book would go down to $6.93.
I've been looking into using them to print some color photo books as presents. I figured that it's cheaper and looks a lot better than using a photo album from a store. A 200 page photo book would cost $34.53.
I don't think I could get a better price from Kinko's for printing out the pictures, much less binding them and putting them into a book.
Fiction author here. I guess that's what Casey will be too... a fantasy fiction writer.
Heh heh.
Miguel... very good. Mind if I use that one?
It's the truth, and I can't copyright the truth.
I actually started out on iUniverse, and got picked up by a traditional publisher. iUniverse puts you on Amazon and the likes; for b/w $300 to $1,500 dollars. POD/ebook.
But my advice to all; get whatever you're publishing edited. Otherwise it'll just look like a POS. Lots of good books are overlooked because of continuity issues, typographical and grammatical errors. Shame.
Completely agree. I have to edit myself a lot at work, and I really appreciate third-party feedback.
He doesn't have the attention span or self discipline to open his MAIL! He's never going to get a book done.
That's great Stephanie - I tried to jump across to fiction, but could never work out an end to the story that didn't throw it into the melodramatic.
With apologies to The Simpsons --
Casey: "I wasn't lying. I was just writing fiction with my mouth!!"
:-)
Anyone wanna bet that this decision was based off of a TV blurb? That CS was sitting in front of the television and someone said, "Kurt Vonnegut's death tongight leaves a great void in the literary world."
(cue lightbulb)
@Khatie: If Casey is in the midst of arranging financing for this ridiculous project, could it possibly be that he has been sending out queries to legit publishers and they've all given them the thumbs down?
Maybe, but my gut feeling is no. Guys like Casey have dozens of reasons to self-publish.. and don't forget, that world also has its share of MLM-type gurus. He's probably told himself that a traditional publisher will steal his book, or force him to rewrite it, or not pay him enough royalties, or some other excuse that boils down to him not having complete creative control. I doubt he's sent out a single query.
Also, don't forget production time. Going traditional print, he could see a year or two go by from sale to bookshelf. As usual, he wants it NOW NOW NOW.
Meanwhile, he's no doubt had an easy dozen - not including Nigel - aspirants banging his door. Not real working ghostwriters, but the blogger-wannabe-author-writer-at-night guys. So he's been "getting his team together".
I'd be a lot more interested if there were a manuscript already on deck, even in a badly chunky first rough. Then there'd be a story to tell. All he's doing here is saying, "It's time to write a book! Jamba Juice for everyone!"
From where he's at in the process, he's a long LONG way from having a published book, even vanity. If he's planning on book proceeds to save him, he'll be three graves down at this rate before that's even a possibility.
BTW.. I *love* that there are so many writers here. Creeped out a bit, but seriously digging it. :)
Computer Programmer.
My audience needs explicit instructions and I get to make all the decision choices.
Computers are like an idiot-savant, but very fast.
Steph, or other published authors - would you care to name your opi/opuses/opera ?
Wagga,
Occasional magazine articles for me, but mostly marketing work for clients. Little of my fiction work ever sees daylight. Like Eth Real, I keep trying to jump over, but always end up dropping anvils on characters' heads to end stories.
I'd love to hear a bit about how Steph gets hers safely down onto the runway.
@Wagga
No thanks. Sorry. :(
I'm not here to sell books. I'm here to enjoy some non-writing related quasi-normalcy. It's one of the few places I can come to and discuss things that are 100% unrelated to what I do--and nobody's asking me about character motivation, and which one is based on me, and in chapter nine, when so and so did this, was it really because they needed to do this.. bla blah BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Just go to your local bookstore and buy lots of books. It will make many authors happy. :)
I'm a 100% disorganized writer. I start with a character, and it grows organically from there. Somehow, I manage to wend a story and a plot, and end with some sense of closure. I wish I was more disciplined, and had outlines and shit like that, but I don't.
I know this other writer who is exceedlingly prolific, makes TONS of money with mediocre pulp, and he forces himself to write ten pages a day, no matter what.
Couldn't do it. You can really find those 'ten pages' in his book, when you know he wasn't in the mood and he had to squeeze it out like an anal blockage. He publishes so often, that his publishers don't really push him to have his work hack-edited, so a lot of his schlock is printed; bad or good. It is a source of amusement for both of us.
His secret is redundancy. The same theme, the same story; just new names, new settings, fresh trappings, and lo.. it's a whole different story!
Health writing and public health writing (some ghostwritten, others under my own byline), freelance work, and fiction. Published in health-related publications.
@ stephanie
Funny I have the disorganized approach when it comes to fiction; with my health stuff I am extremely organized--outlines and the whole schmear. I can't do the ten pages a day thing either with the fiction stuff.
@steph -- that's the Tennassee Williams approach to writing, if I recall correctly. Slog it out every day no matter what.
Steph is friends with Stephen King? Wow. Heh heh heh.
I'm with the vanity/in theory/ nonworking, wanna-be ghoster crowd. The funding thing is a giveaway, as is the 'team.' I'd love to have heard the 'writer' pitch this to Casey. I mean, seriously, what the hell could anyone but Casey think would be book fodder here?
He failed! Repeatedly! And he lies! Also, people hate him! Sounds like a winner to me. I'd also love to know if they think this is supposed to be a bio (in which case, what? Immigrant kid makes bad?) or some kind of guru book (do what the others say, because I didn't and I failed!?) or some kind of self-help (be positive and it'll get you... well... uhm...).
@ Steph:
You can really find those 'ten pages' in his book, when you know he wasn't in the mood and he had to squeeze it out like an anal blockage.
I just thought of a couple of writers whose work meets that description. I'm not normally the overly visual sort, but let's just say that I'll be picking up a bottle of mind bleach on the way home from work. I'm sure United Distilleries appreciates your support.
I suppose Snowflake could start his writing career with an account of his meeting with Cornflake: I never thought I'd be writing to Penthouse Forum, but...
Yes, I know I'm going to hell. But not for multiple counts of wire/interstate fraud.
no, you're not
(laughs)
Keep carrying on the good fight folks. Good things are coming, albeit slowly.
Keep on pressing the media, and a few presses to the SAC DA couldn't hurt.
(heh)
I love it when a plan comes together.
(apologies, I cant say any more. but keep on pressing, IT IS GETTING RESULTS)
Oh and Homey, if you read this blog, then you know Nigels blog, and you can find me. Hit me up, seriously. I done did you proud.
NEWS RELEASE:
Snowflake Publishing to release, "A Guide To A Healthy Lifestyle" by celebrity blogger Casey K. Serin.
"It's a sweet book, full of useful information to get through stressful times" states a confident Casey Serin. Snowflake Publishing is proud to be releasing the first book by popular blog writer, Casey Serin. "I give people sweet tips like how to deal with people hating on them and how to juice properly," Casey is a self proclaimed health food expert who feels his tales of blogging, hating and juicing will benefit many people. "The people I call my haters will even get something out of this," he proclaims.
Casey Serin came to this country from Uzbekistan at age 12. From there he aspired to be a top notch entrepreneur. "Yeah, I tried some crazy stuff at first," Casey discloses, "but when I learned a sweet lesson, do not send out emails promising investment returns that you may not be able to keep." Serin then started attending real estate seminars with the goal of being an entrepreneur in the real estate industry. He didn't quite succeed but he did come away with life lessons and details them in his book. "I didn't want to write a book about my failures. I wanted to write a book about my successes!"
Serin then started the famed, www.iamfacingforeclosure.com site dedicated to blogging about his failures in the Real Estate industry. "I started a business and I failed, what can I say?" Mr. Serin learned and posted his failures for the world to see on his blog. "I wanted to tell the truth and allow for my story to help people." Help is something Serin believes in and why he has written his first book. In the book he discusses his ability to put off extreme stress through positive activities such as juicing, diet, relationships, hacky sacking, mursing and positively engaging your enemies and those out to take advantage. "I call them the haters because they hate me so much." He will discuss his thoughts on many more topics that will help the fledgling entrepreneur succeed in stressful environments. For Casey Serin, it's all good!
"A Guide To A Healthy Lifestyle" is a tome for the ages. Available on a newsstand near you.
"Sweet!"
@Steph
I'm dashed!
I read anywhere from 2-5 books a week (Cornwall/Kellerman et. al.)
Don't watch TV.
Have you flown a dragon recently?
Snowflake has a new post up. From reading it, I gather he's already given up on the book thingy.
Damn that was fast. I think the idea of snowflake actually having to work did him in.
Anyways, it's all good.
It is interesting how many writers are in the communityz. While the only thing I write professionally (or re-write) is code, I’m an avid reader and from day 1 I was far more interested and impressed with the comments on IAFF than the drivel KC produces. How the hell did he attract so many good commenters/”Haterz”?
BTW, what’s the deal with the ABC program he is supposed to be on tonight?
@ akubi
Supposedly Casey was scheduled to be on Niteline for yesterday however he got displaced by the Duke Rape Case and Imus stories. Maybe they'll put his story on tonight.
@Akubi: How the hell did he attract so many good commenters/”Haterz”?
I forget how I first hooked up with this circus, but I've been on IAFF since day one as well.
I think a big part of the writer thing is that a lot of us sit in our home offices all day, surfing the web when we should be working. And there ain't no boss stopping it. There is also the procrastination element.. I just keep clicking back throughout the day to see the latest sideshow freak of a post. Hell, beats working.
I also think that writers are naturally attracted to story, and this is a fun one.. most sane folks get bored with Casey's antics, but we're in it for the plot twists and turns. You gotta be a bit of a nutball drama freak to make it as a writer. We stick around.
Hmmm.....
I dont no about that Im an ingineer and a teribull riter and I am juss as stuk on watching the trane reck as eberybody else.
Honestly Wondering,
Perhaps that also explains his government followers:).
Um, R-Dawgster? In Snowflake's "nevermind" posting, he asked rhetorically, I'm sure, "what have I got to lose?" Sounds like a topic for a new thread, in my opinion.
Snowflake changes his mind more than I change my panties. His mind is like a dragonfly!
Casey's in la-la land. How long did he waste writing this latest pile of self-serving I-am-blessed great-things-are-coming bullcrap?
Forget lender-ignore mode; I think he's now in full-scale reality-ignore mode. He's withdrawing into his fantasies to try to block out the sound of his real-world problems crashing around his ears.
(And the "friend" is *obviously* Nigel, no?)
::gag::
I think I have to stop reading that thing. His mood swings are fantabulous, but really - he changes his mind more than women change their tampons.
ACKK what is going on here? There is another "Jade"????
I guess Casey spent some time today reading the comments from us Haterz since he's back tracking on the book....
Or, could it be, his "connections" took a look at the various comments we made and realized a book wasn't a good win-win?
Whatever.
Am I the only one who finds it offensive Casey quotes the bible? Those really irk me.
@Anon 8:15: Nope, but having him quote so far out of context makes me sick. It's like jack chick.
I fight scripture fire with fire though, and commented thusly:
As an actual Christian, I am appalled though unsurprised at your quoting of scripture out of context. In the first quote, Jesus is talking about unity with God, and that in remaining with Him he will help you. Casey, you do not dwell in the house of the Lord. Presumably you're as much of a Christian as you are a vegan as you are a real estate investor. Bleeping out bad language on this blog does not constitute Christian awareness. None of your lying, stealing, and running from punishment constitute Christian values or a Christian lifestyle. However, the most pervasive problem in your case (and the one that should condemn your soul for all eternity) is your blatant hypocrisy. Did you read Matthew 6:12? How do you reconcile that with your threats to Annie or the Dallas guy? You loaned them chump change compared to what you borrowed/stole. Heck, did you read Matthew 18, the next chapter after the one you so graciously quoted? Did you read the parable of the unmerciful servant? This, dear Casey, could be you.
@Ogg
LOL LOL LOL
Sorry, I didn't mean to mentally scar.
His friend is as dumb as he is. That letter is a monstrosity. I really enjoy though, that he needs some halfwit barely literate "friend" to tell him what 150 or so posters over there, plus 100 more over here, saw the second he put up that nonsense.
Of course the "friend" is so dumb as to think we think he got a big book deal, and that we'd want to read anything dumbass would "write" even if he managed to get out of this mess, which he won't.
So, now, see, Casey is going to find a way to pay back every penny!!! Well, until next week, when he gets the bug to buy god knows what and ignore his current situation again.
Its all good folks...pure entertainment value until the scales of justice weigh in.
Let's just put it this way
If Casey declares bankruptcy, send information to interested parties about fraudulent activity
If Casey gains non-loan income, inform debtors
If Casey says he's not going to jail, keep calling the LE. They do listen, believe it or not.
Maybe this is tough-love gone overboard. But its the right thing.
Keep on keeping on.
It looks like our wittle hero isn't on Nightline tonight either.
It's all good though.
@ Dumfounded @ 8:40 p.m.
Are you on the east coast? Who "bumped" Casey tonight?
Casey gets more and more rediculous.
A friend made him see the light! No ,that was the bible! No, it was the haterz.
This guy is creeative at finding excuses!
I think the reality that the proceeds from a book would be taken by his BK. And BK is the reality of the situation. So instead of just manning up to the fact a book deal would be better after I file for BK, he goes into some delusional reasong. Ooops I meant crative thinking. Then again it could be the realization it might take some work and time. And time is running out.
I think the walls are closing in, and time is nearing the end. No money comming in has got to be effecting him and his wife. His wife quits school to work for him while he does what? Yea, that is going to work. Then again maybe G is plain stupid.
The book deal lasted for what 1 day? Whoops, there was no "sweet deal" except for in his head it seems.
I feel sorry for this guy. He has lost and there is nothing more to be done. I mean begging on the internet for money to pay cashcall has got to a low point for anybody normal. Next step he will be at an intersection with a sign. Dman I hope he doesn't read that.
Casey lost and I hope he mans up and does what he needs to do and doesn't take some easy way out.
I enjoyed this train raid but my station is comming up and time to get off.
TOo lazy to make an account. (KC style!)
I'd bet that "friend" was Nigel.
Quick comment before going back to paying 10 times in Fed taxes what Casey made last year:
I signed up for the Nightline early schedule feed. When He's on we'll know it by mid-afternoon Pacific.
Thanks for the follow-up Rob. I'm going to bed.
I hope that during this "delay" in running the story on snowflake the producers at nightline continue to do their homework, read the posts of his blog and talk with a few people who can provide the "bigger" picture of snowflake's current situation - of how he lies, how he cheated, how he continues to get more credit and dig himself deeper.
@Steph J
Sounds exactly like Dean Koontz - read a couple of his books, you've read 'em all. I quit reading him years ago - I was unhappy about that, having really liked his stuff. But he got famous, dusted off and published all the early rejects, then turned on the cruise control...
Stephen King's an entirely different situation - lots of creativity, but has become too big to be edited. His books would be much better cut by about 20%. ...And he's on the wrong coast...
Koontz has broken out of his mold with the Odd Thomas series though. I really liked those.
But he got famous, dusted off and published all the early rejects, then turned on the cruise control...
Sounds like Crichton too.
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I have a friend who works at ABC. He said the only reason they would have pulled snowflake's piece last night was to either shelve it indefinitely (due to shoddy reporting) or recut it with "additional information". He said that all of these emails they've been receiving may simply have resulted in a phone call from PR to the producer's office telling them to make absolutely sure that they weren't embarrassed by a 24 year old scam artist so chances are this sucker's being shelved. Or they're recutting it to make it verrrrrry entertaining. Snowflake better pray for the former
Moronicus has a new post up! Seems he's changed from perma-bull to bear. Good things are coming!
I've enjoyed writing, in college and elsewhere- when I put my mind to it I can write entertainingly. I've had offers to write columns, or to go pro, but I'm not a writer, so I won't take work or space from those who are. I don't love it enough to do it every day - but as an artist I understand the process and respect it. I tend to get along well with writers, musicians, actors - anyone who knows the joy and horror of having to be creative to earn a living.
I guess I'm the odd duck, I'm a professional illustrator/designer who art directs in the day. :) I draw your book covers!
I tend to think that a lot of people came over here from Ben Jones' blog, which requires a certain intelligence to hack through - most people's eyes glaze over at real estate/economics discussions. It would tend to set the bar high, and IAFF is/was featured prominently there. I tended to pay attention to Robert's posts over there, and when I saw he had a blog, came over out of curiousity and found it to be a friendly place to shoot the shit.
I read the blog at odd times, as I'm in a wierd sleep pattern right now, but I tend to read after work when winding down, or in the morning with coffee. I have a couple I read, like Brass Goggles (steampunk, a new scifi/fantasy genre I love), or Ben Jones, or Kevin Smith's (Clerks director). (Who has a GREAT podcast going, the SMODcast!)
Here he goes again with the "I know better than all of you do" crap.
"Larchmont property that I lost to foreclosure is now bank-owed and was put back on the market for $199K. Amazing! They could have taken a short sale at $220K AND I was willing to sign a $50K note on top of that! Oh well, their loss.
Burdett property that I lost to foreclosure is back on the market for $236,900. Again, they should have taken the $240,000 short sale offer. Yeah, with the seller concessions the offer was more like $200,000. But hey, if you’re the bank, wouldn’t you rather take $200K rather than take your chances on a declining market? I don’t understand it.
Mr. Banker. Short sale, GOOD. Taking property back, BAD. Oh well, just give it a little time. Lenders will be giving houses away soon. Get your credit lines ready to buy at the bottom!"
No cupcake, they won't lose anything, they plan to take the difference out of your ass with judgements
"He actually recognized me from all the media and bubble blogs. That was kind of cool. Robert happens to be a fan of the HousingPanic blog. I told him that blog was pretty much what put me on the map. We talked about how I’m the “poster boy” for everything he talks about in his book."
You are a poster boy alright, drink some more Koolaid, dipshit
Utah
"I’m kind of tired of trying to strengthen this deal out. Can’t I just ignore it? What can one missing payment do? The buyers have the property back on the market and stand to make a pretty penny. Maybe I should just call them and explain what’s going on and see if they would be willing to eat the cost. Or I guess I can try to argue with the title company about it and see if they are truly the ones to blame. If I have to.
This doesn’t seem like a good use of my time or the right task for me. I’m not the detail guy, I’m the ideas and connections guy, remember?"
Um yeah, that attitude has really worked out well for you so far hasn't it........?
@Aspeth
"Anyone wanna bet that this decision was based off of a TV blurb? That CS was sitting in front of the television and someone said, "Kurt Vonnegut's death tongight leaves a great void in the literary world."
(cue lightbulb)"
Damn you...I had forgotten how much Pepsi stings when it is reverse snorted out of one's nose in an involuntary fit of laughter.
But yeah, I didn't watch the TV news yesterday but I so see where Snowflake got the idea.
I so wish someone would reposess the Serin/Suprun TV sets.
@LOL: you really think that the banks will go after KC for deficiency judgments?
In CA, the banks can't, unless they obtained judicial foreclosures, which they did not.
The banks can still bring fraud claims, but Casey hasn't stolen enough money to make a lawsuit worthwhile. Lawyers' fees would eat up most of any judgment. Besides, Casey is judgment-proof.
The evidence so far shows that Casey probably does not even appear on the banks' radars. Suing Caseys is not how you make a career in financial services, so noone bothers.
@ StephJ
[quoting the celebutard wannabe]
"My hope is for all of you to turn from hatin’ to showing some love. The more positive energy the better. "
Okay...here goes...
Did I mention how much love I have for all y'all here at EN
Was that what Snowflake meant?
Steph's writer friend sounds EXACTLY like Stuart Woods. 2-3 books a year, all basically the same and more cheezy every time. They are getting worse and read like cookie cutter assembly line products. Horrid dialogue, excrutiatingly obvious plot lines, and paper thin characters.
I am one of those who emailed ABC. Maybe it worked.
I'm currently working on a book about a murse toting secret agent accountant who fights crime in a pleather jacket and mardi gras mask. Publication date to be announced soon!
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I'm working on a series of semi-biographical novels based on the exploits of Brian S. Nick.
@sneaky: *that* is hilarious.
oh yeah, LAST TOO SUCKERS!
How can you be last if you won't eat your porridge?
LAST (yeah, again!)
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