The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I fear for Stanek's future editors and copyeditors. They will have one hell of a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Okay, the quotes I just posted were from S*anek's children's book series. The following is the opening paragraph of S*anek's very first book, this time part of his adult series. Sunrise loomed across the horizon, pale as jasmine and mostly obscured by dark, feral clouds. The early morning air held an unusual chill and Adrina gathered her light shawl more closely as she stepped out onto the catwalk atop the wall. A breeze blew long strands of hair across her face. The hair, black as the receding night, flowed to her waist and while it was normally braided and folded over her left shoulder, it wasn't now. THIS IS THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF HIS FIRST BOOK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I fear for Stanek's future editors and copyeditors. They will have one hell of a fight. S*anek is S*anek's editor. Self-published. He is, apparently, somewhat successful as a technology writer named William R. S*anek. Same guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Wait, how can be something be pale and at the same time be obscured by darkness. And catwalk? A CATWALK? ...and why are you putting an * at S*anek? Afraid of getting sued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I'll bet your hair is normally braided and folded over your left shoulder, but isn't now. As for S*anek, I figured the more his name came up in this thread, the more likely he'd find us through google, and that'd be a bad thing...that, and it somehow seems appropriate, as if his name is a curse word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Wait! Is there a relation between clouds being feral and hair being blown in the face of the girl? Who did those cloud scalp? Why are the hair seemingly semi alive and trying to seize her? What's the technique to make a braid with a single hair? Why did I think she usually braided her waist, on first read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 Thanks for the great S*anek quotes Bazz! I'm really intrigued as to why her hair wasn't braided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc awesome Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 stanek is awsome! Stanek is good enought to be like the next C. Paloni (guy who wrote eragon)! Stanek should get his own forum here! so we can always talk about how cool he is! (lets test ou that hack's google skills) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 According to Stanek several big houses have made offers on his books, but he turned them down because he felt that "the time wasn't right". Yeah right. . . Self-published writers are in a position to turn down lucrative offers from big publishing houses because the timing isn't right. . . Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Of course they are, pat, s*anek in particular. he's so good offers are just pouring in like a mudslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 Yeah, I hear Stanek started a bidding war between several major houses, but unlike Tairy he didn't want to 'sell out' so he told them all to fuck off. Stanek is a god!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 S*anek is the paragon of what a writer should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Templar Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 stanek is awsome! Stanek is good enought to be like the next C. Paloni (guy who wrote eragon)! Stanek should get his own forum here! so we can always talk about how cool he is! (lets test ou that hack's google skills) For some reason I don't think his google skills are in question. Only his writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 S*anek is the paragon of what a writer should be. And still not worth this much time, people. Priorities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Goodkind is still my top mocking priority, but one must lean to multi-task, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Templar Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I agree. Sometimes you need to cleanse the palate, as it were. Think of Stanek as a sorbet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I agree. Sometimes you need to cleanse the palate, as it were. Think of Stanek as a sorbet. I just find it hard to waste time on someone's fanfic. What's the point of taking that apart? Wasted effort if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 And still not worth this much time, people. Priorities!Yeah well, Goodkind is not worth even bothering to think about him either, yet he got 21 threads devoted to him already. (not to mention, these threads made some people buy and read his books). No double standards, comrades, or the death-choosers terrorists have already won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 *applauds Errant Bard's impeccable logic* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Templar Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I just find it hard to waste time on someone's fanfic. What's the point of taking that apart? Wasted effort if you ask me. It's difficult to argue the wisdom of your points, Jax. But folly knows little of wisdom, so consider this a guilty pleasure, I guess. It's a lot like watching "Deal or no Deal." You sit there and watch it for the entire hour, and if someone asks you why you are watching, you really have no good reason or viable explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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