Unbelievable. The "horrible writer," Nickolaus A. Pacione, makes a career blasting people who actually make money by writing, and anyone else who is less than impressed with his myriad spelling and grammar mistakes. At one time or another, he's accused at least a couple dozen of us of ruining his book sales, e-pirating his fiction, called us vile names, and sent us e-mail death threats. He repeatedly told me to get "nut cancer" until he realized that's physically impossible, to get hit by a car, etc. I've gotten off relatively easily compared to others in his cross-hairs. One person I know of has a couple of restraining orders against this jerk.
Every year or so he posts an insincere public "apology" to one of his victims. Let's face it: his books don't sell because they're unreadable crap, and he's extremely obnoxious.
While he normally self-publishes anthologies, in which he contributes one or two short stories, and lists himself as the editor, it's quite obvious that he doesn't even properly proofread the other "contributions." I use the term loosely, because the writers almost never actually get paid for their work, except maybe in the form of an Adobe .pdf format copy. At first the newbie writers are thrilled to be published by this jerk, but when they realize they've been stiffed, they refuse to contribute any more stories, and he has to go recruit fresh blood on college campuses.
This guy is poisonous. Here's his latest "apology" to a writer who has actually been very nice to me over the past couple of years. Apology indeed.
Every year or so he posts an insincere public "apology" to one of his victims. Let's face it: his books don't sell because they're unreadable crap, and he's extremely obnoxious.
While he normally self-publishes anthologies, in which he contributes one or two short stories, and lists himself as the editor, it's quite obvious that he doesn't even properly proofread the other "contributions." I use the term loosely, because the writers almost never actually get paid for their work, except maybe in the form of an Adobe .pdf format copy. At first the newbie writers are thrilled to be published by this jerk, but when they realize they've been stiffed, they refuse to contribute any more stories, and he has to go recruit fresh blood on college campuses.
This guy is poisonous. Here's his latest "apology" to a writer who has actually been very nice to me over the past couple of years. Apology indeed.
"An Apology"
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As much as I hate Mary Sangiovanni, I want to apologize for bringing her son into it. One thing I want from her is to quit ruining sales of House of Spiders 3. Just that she bragged about owning a copy of a book that really blasted my family and the writers stalked my blogs and pirated my anthologies.
- Withani said...
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Will you shut up already?!?!?! You're obviously insane. Please seek therapy.
- Withani said...
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Do you really believe all these delusions? Since you live in your parents' house, do they worry about you? You are insane.
- Froggie said...
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How is this an apology, and to whom? To us, or to Mary? In three short sentences you continue to blast her for causing your non-existant book sales and for enjoying a legally purchased hardcopy book. The former is patently absurd, and the latter just means that she has a wicked sense of humor.
- cussedness said...
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No one pirated your stinking anthologies.
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